Philip refers to a female art student he had known in Paris, who had had several affairs with a couple of his
friends as a "hussy". It occurred to me that I had no idea
as to etymology of word. It surprised me:
hussy

SYLLABICATION: hus·sy
PRONUNCIATION: hz, hs
NOUN: Inflected forms: pl. hus·sies
1. A woman considered brazen or immoral. 2. A saucy or impudent girl.
ETYMOLOGY: Alteration of Middle English houswif, housewife. See housewife.