Hildabeast en · NOUN · etymology 1
Etymology
Blend of Hilda + wildebeest, beast.
Meanings
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(humorous, qualifier:Oxford University slang; self-referent; Oxford University slang; self-referent) A member or alumnus of St Hilda's College, Oxford.
Go to a party. Half the college was there. Write for a student rag. Hildabeasts were running the show. Act, row, you couldn’t escape them. In a nice normal mixed college like Lincoln, they all spent three years in the bar wrestling with knot theory and acne. In St Hilda’s we’d written the book, got the doctorate and gone out clubbing.
1997 March 19, Glenda Cooper, “The lusty ways of St Hilda”, in The Independent, number 3,248, London: Independent News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 19, columns 4–5:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hildabeasts | Number=Plur | lexicographic |