heyday
Angla substantivo English noun | |
Singularo | Pluralo |
heyday | heydays |
Elparolo |
Sono : ( lingvo -en-,
dialekto -US-) (dosiero)
Deveno |
- el la malfrua 16a jarcento, el pli frua heyda (el la 1520j), kiel kriaĵo – komparu kun hey, hei (meza angla). Sense de “period of success, vigor” el 1751.[1]
Signifoj |
- zenito; sukcesa tempodaŭro
Samsencaĵoj |
- A period of success, popularity, or power; prime.
Ekzemploj |
- [1] And I want to add that Esperanto has been tied to a certain political ideal, which, however, seems to have had its heyday in most parts of the world. The motivation is gone.[2]
- The early twentieth century was the heyday of the steam locomotive.
Samsencaĵoj |
Derivaĵoj |
Interjekcio
redakti- A lively greeting.
- 1798:"Heyday, Miss Morland!" said he. "What is the meaning of this? I thought you and I were to dance together." Jane Austen - Northanger Abbey
- obsolete An expression of frolic and exultation, and sometimes of wonder.
- 1600:"Come follow me, my wags, and say, as I say. There's no riches but in rags; hey day, hey day, &c." Ben Jonson - Cynthia's Revels
Fontoj kaj citaĵoj |
- ↑ Kapvorto "heyday" ĉe Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary (2001).
- ↑ What about Esperanto?