Heyday

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Heyday \Hey"day`\, interj. [Cf. G. heida, or hei da, D. hei
     daar. Cf. {Hey}, and {There}.]
     An expression of frolic and exultation, and sometimes of
     wonder. --B. Jonson.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Heyday \Hey"day`\, n. [Prob. for. high day. See High, and
     {Day}.]
     The time of triumph and exultation; hence, joy, high spirits,
     frolicsomeness; wildness.
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           The heyday in the blood is tame.         --Shak.
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           In the heyday of their victories.        --J. H.
                                                    Newman.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  heyday
       n : the period of greatest prosperity or productivity [syn: {flower},
            {prime}, {peak}, {bloom}, {blossom}, {efflorescence}, {flush}]