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Webster 1913 Edition


Heyday

Hey′dayˊ

,
int
erj.
[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.

Hey′dayˊ

,
Noun.
[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.
Shakespeare
In the
heyday
of their victories.
J. H. Newman.

Webster 1828 Edition


Heyday

HEYDAY

, exclam. An expression of frolick and exultation, and sometimes of wonder.

HEYDAY

,
Noun.
A frolick; wildness.