English Dictionary: heyday | by the DICT Development Group |
3 results for heyday | |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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. |