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English Dictionary: heyday by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
heyday
n
  1. the period of greatest prosperity or productivity [syn: flower, prime, peak, heyday, bloom, blossom, efflorescence, flush]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Heyday \Hey"day`\, n. [Prob. for. high day. See High, and
      {Day}.]
      The time of triumph and exultation; hence, joy, high spirits,
      frolicsomeness; wildness.
  
               The heyday in the blood is tame.            --Shak.
  
               In the heyday of their victories.            --J. H.
                                                                              Newman.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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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