Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Hussy \Hus"sy\, n. [Contr. fr. huswife.]
1. A housewife or housekeeper. [Obs.]
2. A worthless woman or girl; a forward wench; a jade; --
used as a term of contempt or reproach. --Grew.
3. A pert girl; a frolicsome or sportive young woman; -- used
jocosely. --Goldsmith.
Hussy \Hus"sy\, n. [From Icel. h?si a case, prob. fr. h?s house.
See {House}, and cf. {Housewife} a bag, {Huswife} a bag.]
A case or bag. See {Housewife}, 2.
Source : WordNet®
hussy
n : a woman adulterer [syn: {adulteress}, {fornicatress}, {jade},
{loose woman}, {slut}, {strumpet}, {trollop}]