Hypertext Webster Gateway: "heyday"
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.
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 WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
heyday
n : the period of greatest prosperity or productivity [syn: {flower},
{prime}, {peak}, {bloom}, {blossom}, {efflorescence}, {flush}]
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