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highday en · NOUN

Etymology

From Middle English heh dæi, from Old English hēah dæġ, equivalent to high + day. Compare Dutch hoog dag, German hoher Tag.

Meanings

1. A feast day, holiday, or festival; a time of pleasure.
   • Here a man cleaned a horse or his harness, there a group chatted on the curb of the well; here a white-capped cook showed himself, and there, beside the entrance, a couple teased the brown bear that inhabited the stone kennel, and on high days made sport for the Captain of Vlaye's dogs. 1904, Stanley J. Weyman, “XXI. The Castle of Vlaye”, in The Abbess of Vlaye:
2. A time or period of full activity or strength; heyday.

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Relateds

hightide · heyday