wanton girl
1wanton — Used as both a vocative in its own right, and a vocative element, in Girl with Green Eyes, by Edna O’Brien. The longer expression is ‘you soft, daft, wanton thing’. ‘Wanton’ here suggests slightly improper amorousness …
2wanton — adj 1. malicious, spiteful, vicious, cruel, malevolent; unjustifiable, groundless, needless, unnecessary; unmotivated, uncalled for, unprovoked, gratuitous. 2. deliberate, willful, calculated; headstrong, fro ward, perverse, contrary, refractory …
3huene — wanton girl. St Kath. 97. AS. hunel …
4gigolo — 1922, from Fr. gigolo, formed as a masc. of gigole tall, thin woman; dancing girl; prostitute, perhaps from verb gigoter to move the shanks, hop, from gigue shank, also fiddle, of Germanic origin. This is perhaps the same word that was borrowed… …
5minx — (n.) 1540s, mynx pet dog, later a young, pert, wanton girl [Johnson] (1590s), of uncertain origin, perhaps a shortening of minikin girl, woman, from M.Du. minnekijn darling, beloved, from minne love (see MINNESINGER (Cf. minnesinger)) + kijn,… …
6minx — n. 1. See mink. 2. Hussy, jade, quean, baggage, pert girl, wanton girl. 3. She puppy …
7gillflirt — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: gill (VI) + flirt archaic : a giddy or shameless girl * * * gillˈflirt or jillˈflirt noun (archaic) A wanton girl • • • Main Entry: ↑ …
8Gig — Gig, n. [OE. gigge. Cf. {Giglot}.] A playful or wanton girl; a giglot. [1913 Webster] …
9Gill — Gill, n. [Abbrev. from Gillian.] 1. A young woman; a sweetheart; a flirting or wanton girl. Each Jack with his Gill. B. Jonson. [1913 Webster] 2. (Bot.) The ground ivy ({Nepeta Glechoma}); called also {gill over the ground}, and other like names …
10Gill ale — Gill Gill, n. [Abbrev. from Gillian.] 1. A young woman; a sweetheart; a flirting or wanton girl. Each Jack with his Gill. B. Jonson. [1913 Webster] 2. (Bot.) The ground ivy ({Nepeta Glechoma}); called also {gill over the ground}, and other like… …
