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heyday

1
or ³ó±ð²â·»å±ð²â

[ hey-dey ]

noun

  1. the stage or period of greatest vigor, strength, success, etc.; prime:

    the heyday of the vaudeville stars.

  2. Archaic. high spirits.


heyday

2

[ hey-dey ]

interjection

Archaic.
  1. (used as an exclamation of cheerfulness, surprise, wonder, etc.)

heyday

/ ˈ³ó±ðɪˌ»å±ðɪ /

noun

  1. the time of most power, popularity, vigour, etc; prime
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of heyday1

1580–90; variant of high day, apparently by confusion with heyday 2

Origin of heyday2

1520–30; rhyming compound based on hey; replacing heyda < German hei da hey there
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of heyday1

C16: probably based on hey
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She laments that the “heyday†of Hollywood, like her job, is a relic of the past.

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In its heyday, "Venus and Mars" proved to be a harbinger of things to come, eventually selling more than four million copies.

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He said areas like Jersey’s Waterfront near the town centre had been “completely built up†and the island’s tourism industry is not what it used to be in its glamorous heyday.

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“They combine beauty, glamour, sophistication, sassiness and scintillating harmonies in a way no female group has since the heyday of Diana Ross and company.â€

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Like the American superpower or not, when it existed during the heyday of the postwar world it did not do a bad job in maintaining a semblance of order.

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