different between zest vs heyday

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French zeste.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /z?st/
• Rhymes: -?st

Noun

zest (countable and uncountable, plural zests)

1. The outer skin of a citrus fruit, used as a flavouring or garnish.

   The orange zest gives the strong flavor in this dish.

2. General vibrance of flavour.

   I add zest to the meat by rubbing it with a spice mixture before grilling.

   • 1959, Peter De Vries, The Tents of Wickedness, Boston: Little, Brown & Co., “The Treehouse,” Chapter 7, p. 92,^[1]

     He rolled his own cigarettes from a sack of Bull Durham, spilling flakes into his beer, which no doubt gained in zest thereby.

   • 1978, Joseph Singer et al. (translators), Shosha by Isaac Bashevis Singer, New York: Fawcett Crest, Part One, Chapter Five, 1, p. 99,^[2]

     Bashele’s dishes tasted as good as they had when I was a child. No one could give to the borscht such a sweet-and-sour zest as Bashele.

3. (by extension) Enthusiasm; keen enjoyment; relish; gusto.

   Auntie Mame had a real zest for life.

   • 1728, Edward Young, Love of Fame, the Universal Passion, Satire II in The Works of the Reverend Edward Young, London: P. Brown, H. Hill & S. Payne, 1765, Volume I, p. 85,^[3]

     Almighty vanity! to thee they owe

     Their zest of pleasure, and their balm of woe.

   • 1807, Thomas Cogan, An Ethical Treatise on the Passions, Bath: Hazard & Binns, Part 1, Disquisition 1, Chapter 1, Section 1 “On the utility of the Passions and Affections,” p. 51,^[4]

     Liberality of disposition and conduct gives the highest zest and relish to social intercourse.

   • 1928, D. H. Lawrence, Lady Chatterley’s Lover, New York: Barnes & Noble, 1995, Chapter 9, p. 101,^[5]

     Once started, Mrs. Bolton was better than any book, about the lives of the people. She knew them all so intimately, and had such a peculiar, flamey zest in all their affairs, it was wonderful, if just a trifle humiliating to listen to her.

   • 1962, James Baldwin, Another Country, New York: Dell, 1963, Book Two, Chapter 2, p. 221,^[6]

     The singers, male and female, wore blue jeans and long hair and had more zest than talent.
4. (rare) The woody, thick skin enclosing the kernel of a walnut.
   • 2006, N. J. Nusha, On the Edge (Short Stories), Lahore: Sang-e-Meel Publications, p. 85,

     The green zest of walnuts was used by the women to shine their teeth and it also gave a beautiful rust colour to their lips.

Synonyms

• (enthusiasm): gusto, relish
• (general vibrance of flavour): punch, spice, tang, zing

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

zest (third-person singular simple present zests, present participle zesting, simple past and past participle zested)

1. (cooking) To scrape the zest from a fruit.
2. To make more zesty.
   • 1792, James Cobb, The Siege of Belgrade, a Comic Opera, in Three Acts, page 47:

     Strains ?o artle?s tho’ we proffer,
     Hearts o’er flowing zest the offer.

Derived terms

• zester

References

Anagrams

• Tsez

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /z?st/

Noun

zest m (plural zests)

1. zest (of a fruit)

Further reading

• “zest” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Swedish

Noun

zest c

1. zest; the outer skin of a citrus fruit

Declension

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