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rosiness

English

Etymology

rosy +? -ness

Noun

rosiness (usually uncountable, plural rosinesses)

  1. The quality of being rosy.
    • 1944, Anna Hempstead Branch, Last Poems of Anna Hempstead Branch
      And they will let me hold with my caresses
      Their dim delights and trembling rosinesses.

Anagrams

  • insessor

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heyday

English

Etymology

Late 16th century, from earlier heyda (1520s), as exclamation – compare hey, hei. Sense “period of success, vigor” from 1751, which respelt as heyday based on unrelated day (as “period of time”) – compare day in the sun.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?he?de?/
  • Rhymes: -e?de?

Noun

heyday (plural heydays)

  1. A period of success, popularity, or power; prime.
    The early twentieth century was the heyday of the steam locomotive.
  2. (archaic) An exultation of the spirits; gaiety; frolic.

Synonyms

  • day in the sun
  • golden age
  • golden years

Related terms

  • hey

Translations

Interjection

heyday

  1. A lively greeting.
    • 1798, Jane Austen - Northanger Abbey:
      "Heyday, Miss Morland!" said he. "What is the meaning of this? I thought you and I were to dance together."
  2. (obsolete) An expression of frolic and exultation, and sometimes of wonder.
    • 1600, Ben Jonson - Cynthia's Revels :
      "Come follow me, my wags, and say, as I say. There's no riches but in rags; hey day, hey day, &c."
    • Here Jones, having ordered a servant to show a room above stairs, was ascending, when the dishevelled fair, hastily following, was laid hold on by the master of the house, who cried, “Heyday, where is that beggar wench going? Stay below stairs, I desire you.”

Synonyms

  • (greeting): See Thesaurus:hello
  • (expression of wonder): See Thesaurus:wow

References

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