hussy
Plural: hussies
Noun
- A disrespectful or mischievous woman.
- a woman adulterer
- A housewife or housekeeper.
- A sexually immoral woman.
- A cheeky or disrespectful girl; a woman showing inappropriate or improper behavior.
- A case or bag for needles, thread, etc.
Examples
- That tile bag was a hussy, refusing to give him any good letters.
Origin / Etymology
From earlier hussive, hussif, the regular evolution of Middle English houswyf (“housewife”), equivalent to house + wife. Modern housewife is a restoration of the compound (and thus is a doublet), after its component parts had become unrecognisable through regular phonetic change, as well as gradual negative senses and historical factors.
The traditional pronunciation of the word is /ˈhʌzi/; the pronunciation with /s/ is a spelling pronunciation.
Synonyms
adulteress, fornicatress, jade, loose woman, slut, strumpet, trollop, housewife, minx
Scrabble Score: 11
hussy: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordhussy: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
hussy: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary