high dayn.¹

Brit.

/ˈhʌɪ deɪ/, U.S.

/ˈhaɪ ˌdeɪ/ (in sense 2)Brit.

/ˌhʌɪ ˈdeɪ/, U.S.

/ˌhaɪ ˈdeɪ/

Forms: see high adj. and n.² and day n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: high adj., day n.

Etymology: < high adj. + day n. With sense 1 compare Anglo-Norman halt jur and Old French haut jor (c1100; Middle French haut jour ). Compare high adj. 10 and also high tide n. 1 and holiday n. With sense 2 compare Old Icelandic hádegi midday. Compare high adj. 16 and also high noon n. 1.

1. A day of great (religious) celebration or solemnity; a holy day; a feast day; (now frequently more generally) a special occasion. In later use frequently in high days and holidays.In quot. OE spec. with reference to Sunday.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > worship > liturgical year > feast, festival > [noun]

tidea900

holidayc950

massOE

holy-daya1000

mass-dayOE

high tideOE

holy-tidea1035

good tideOE

high dayOE

feastc1200

feast dayc1300

ferie1377

festival day1389

solemnity1390

solennityc1400

feastful day1440

festiala1450

festivala1500

sacre1542

panegyry1641

Magdalene-tide1649

church festival1661

surplice day1663

festa1800

festa day1835

fiesta1844

society > leisure > social event > festive occasion > [noun] > day or season of

high tideOE

high dayOE

feast dayc1300

ferie1377

festival day1389

feastful day1440

festivala1500

gaudy-day1567

carnival1598

utas1600

saturnal1605

Saturnalia1639

terminals1656

days of gala1716

fête dayc1759

mirth-day1778

season1791

festa1800

jour de fête1806

fiesta1844

fest1846

Winterval1982

OE Gloria I (Junius) 27 Þone heahan dæg healdað and freoðiaþ ealle þa ðe cunnon cristene þeawas.

c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 15749 He..wisste. Þatt tær wass sammnedd mikell follc. Þatt heȝhe daȝȝ to frellsenn.

a1200 MS Trin. Cambr. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1873) 2nd Ser. 215 Ðe hodede..sholde..eche heȝe dai fede mid godes worde þe hungrie soule þe haueð to witen.

c1300 St. Thomas Becket (Laud) l. 899 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 132 Þene sonenday þare nas no court i-holde, for it was an heiȝ-day.

a1425 (?c1350) Ywain & Gawain (1964) l. 52 Þai saw þam never so On high dayes to chamber go.

1526 Bible (Tyndale) John xix. f. cl That saboth daye was an hye daye.

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Baruch i. C Se that ye rede this boke..vpon the hye dayes, and at tyme conuenient.

1632 J. Porter Flowers of Lives of Renowned Saincts 328 Their pouertie would not allow them to eate eyther flesh or fish, vnlesse it were vppon sundaies, and high dayes.

a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1651 (1955) III. 35 I stept into the grand Jesuites who had this high day exposd their Cibarium, made all of solid Gold, & imagerie.

1712 W. Rogers Cruising Voy. 42 The Day kept for the Conception of the Virgin Mary, and a high Day of Procession.

1789 M. Madan in New & Literal Transl. Juvenal & Persius II. 82 For festal days. High days and holidays, as we say—as a great treat.

1827 in E. H. Barker Parriana (1828) I. 245 The Guild-day..is a high day at Norwich.

1865 M. Arnold tr. M. de Guérin in Ess. Crit. iii. 90 Here the summer has, even on its highdays and holidays, something mournful.

1920 Living Age 6 Mar. 613/2 The dish of watercress..and the plate of pink sliced ham that meant a highday—all were there.

1970 D. James Raimund & Vienna v. 141 Here vast crowds of people congregated on high days and holidays.

1999 R. Byron Irish Amer. v. 155 Many would have stopped going to church altogether, except for the odd high day or family occasion.

2013 Gloucestershire Echo (Nexis) 24 July 8 One of the tasks delegated to me was..to purchase cakes on colleagues' birthdays and other high days and holidays.

2. The time of full daylight, when the sun is high in the sky. Also attributive, in high-day noon. Cf. high adj. 16a, high noon n. 1. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > day and night > day or daytime > noon or midday > [noun]

noontideeOE

middayOE

overnoonOE

noontimeOE

noona1225

undern13..

high noon1370

undern-tide1387

meridianc1390

merionc1390

meridiec1392

midoverunderna1400

high dayc1425

noon season1461

nooninga1500

noonday1535

midnoon1580

mid-seasona1616

M1741

noon-mark1842

noon1852

sun-hot1894

c1425 Edward, Duke of York Master of Game (Vesp. B.xii) (1904) 88 Alþoo he be go in þe mornyng and haþ nouȝt, Naþelees he shuld not leue to qvest with his lymere whan it is hie day.

a1500 Walter of Henley's Husbandry (Sloane) (1890) 52 Yeff your catell haue euery day provender, let it be highe day or þey haue it.

1583 C. Hollyband Campo di Fior 5 I will open both these windowes, that..ye may..see, that it is highe day.

1642 H. More Ψυχωδια Platonica 43 Each rider on his shield doth bear the Sun With golden shining beam dispread abroad, The Sun of righteousnesse at high day noon.

1667 S. Pepys Diary 29 Nov. (1974) VIII. 552 Thus we lay till the clock struck 8, and high day.

1737 W. Pardon Dyche's New Gen. Eng. Dict. (ed. 2) at Hour In the Jewish Account, the Day was divided into 4 Parts, Morning, High-day or Noon, the first Evening, and the last Evening.

1825 M. M. Sherwood Lady of Manor III. xvi. 201 She had offices to perform for her which could not be omitted, and these engaged her till it was high day.

1886 R. L. Stevenson Kidnapped xx. 194 It was now high day, cloudless, and very hot.

1961 E. Wilson Night Thoughts 214 The August afternoon turns cold; The high day ebbs—fluid and bright.

Compounds

attributive with the sense, ‘characteristic of or befitting a feast day’. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > social event > festive occasion > [adjective] > befitting

festyfull?a1425

high day1600

festivous1654

festal1724

carnivalesque1791

bank holiday1885

holidayish1886

bank-holidayish1894

gala1954

1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice ii. ix. 97 Thou spendst such high day wit in praysing him.

1611 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) ii. iii. 395 His high-day sutes are of the softest Furs.

1832 F. Kemble Francis I i. iv. 21 Some wealthy burgher's buxom dame, Deck'd out in all her high-day splendour.

1901 F. M. Crawford Marietta 137 The servants were arrayed in their high-day liveries.

1906 C. M. Doughty Dawn in Brit. V. xviii. 117 Merry sound of flutes, and high-day shouts, And solemn chant.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

high dayn.²

Brit.

/ˈhʌɪ deɪ/, U.S.

/ˈhaɪ ˌdeɪ/

Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: heyday n.

Etymology: Altered form of heyday n., after high day n.¹ Compare earlier highday int.

= heyday n. 2. Also in plural in same sense. Cf. highday int.Recorded earliest in attributive use.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > source or principle of life > age > prime > [noun]

flowering agec1400

pridec1475

blooming-time1495

flower?1507

season?1507

day1546

flourishing years?1555

golden years1559

vigour1563

consistent age1574

prime1574

May moon1576

acme1579

Maya1586

flourish1597

May month1600

consistencea1613

May morna1616

constant age1620

high daya1625

blouth1643

flourishing age1737

heyday1751

floruit1843

bloom-hour1850

blossom-time1860

a1625 J. Fletcher Mad Lover i. i, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. B2/1 Looke to your wives Your yong trim wives, your high-day wives your marchpaines.

1740 Royal Folly 20 His Blood, notwithstanding he was past the High Day of his Youth, took Fire at so bewitching a sight.

1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker II. 231 In the high-day of youth and exultation.

1827 C. Fry Assistant of Educ. IX. 256 It is a story of woe when you know none, of want when you feel none, of sorrows in the high day of your joy.

1865 C. Merivale Hist. Romans under Empire (new ed.) IV. xxxix. 398 The landowners of Rome, in the highday [1856 heyday] of her insolent adolescence.

1930 19th Cent. June 849 These were the high days of American hoboism.

1994 Queen's Q. Fall 531 This was also the high day of the New York intellectuals.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	high day
释义	high dayn.¹ Brit. /ˈhʌɪ deɪ/, U.S. /ˈhaɪ ˌdeɪ/ (in sense 2)Brit. /ˌhʌɪ ˈdeɪ/, U.S. /ˌhaɪ ˈdeɪ/ Forms: see high adj. and n.² and day n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: high adj., day n. Etymology: < high adj. + day n. With sense 1 compare Anglo-Norman halt jur and Old French haut jor (c1100; Middle French haut jour ). Compare high adj. 10 and also high tide n. 1 and holiday n. With sense 2 compare Old Icelandic hádegi midday. Compare high adj. 16 and also high noon n. 1. 1. A day of great (religious) celebration or solemnity; a holy day; a feast day; (now frequently more generally) a special occasion. In later use frequently in high days and holidays.In quot. OE spec. with reference to Sunday. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > liturgical year > feast, festival > [noun] tidea900 holidayc950 massOE holy-daya1000 mass-dayOE high tideOE holy-tidea1035 good tideOE high dayOE feastc1200 feast dayc1300 ferie1377 festival day1389 solemnity1390 solennityc1400 feastful day1440 festiala1450 festivala1500 sacre1542 panegyry1641 Magdalene-tide1649 church festival1661 surplice day1663 festa1800 festa day1835 fiesta1844 society > leisure > social event > festive occasion > [noun] > day or season of high tideOE high dayOE feast dayc1300 ferie1377 festival day1389 feastful day1440 festivala1500 gaudy-day1567 carnival1598 utas1600 saturnal1605 Saturnalia1639 terminals1656 days of gala1716 fête dayc1759 mirth-day1778 season1791 festa1800 jour de fête1806 fiesta1844 fest1846 Winterval1982 OE Gloria I (Junius) 27 Þone heahan dæg healdað and freoðiaþ ealle þa ðe cunnon cristene þeawas. c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 15749 He..wisste. Þatt tær wass sammnedd mikell follc. Þatt heȝhe daȝȝ to frellsenn. a1200 MS Trin. Cambr. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1873) 2nd Ser. 215 Ðe hodede..sholde..eche heȝe dai fede mid godes worde þe hungrie soule þe haueð to witen. c1300 St. Thomas Becket (Laud) l. 899 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 132 Þene sonenday þare nas no court i-holde, for it was an heiȝ-day. a1425 (?c1350) Ywain & Gawain (1964) l. 52 Þai saw þam never so On high dayes to chamber go. 1526 Bible (Tyndale) John xix. f. cl That saboth daye was an hye daye. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Baruch i. C Se that ye rede this boke..vpon the hye dayes, and at tyme conuenient. 1632 J. Porter Flowers of Lives of Renowned Saincts 328 Their pouertie would not allow them to eate eyther flesh or fish, vnlesse it were vppon sundaies, and high dayes. a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1651 (1955) III. 35 I stept into the grand Jesuites who had this high day exposd their Cibarium, made all of solid Gold, & imagerie. 1712 W. Rogers Cruising Voy. 42 The Day kept for the Conception of the Virgin Mary, and a high Day of Procession. 1789 M. Madan in New & Literal Transl. Juvenal & Persius II. 82 For festal days. High days and holidays, as we say—as a great treat. 1827 in E. H. Barker Parriana (1828) I. 245 The Guild-day..is a high day at Norwich. 1865 M. Arnold tr. M. de Guérin in Ess. Crit. iii. 90 Here the summer has, even on its highdays and holidays, something mournful. 1920 Living Age 6 Mar. 613/2 The dish of watercress..and the plate of pink sliced ham that meant a highday—all were there. 1970 D. James Raimund & Vienna v. 141 Here vast crowds of people congregated on high days and holidays. 1999 R. Byron Irish Amer. v. 155 Many would have stopped going to church altogether, except for the odd high day or family occasion. 2013 Gloucestershire Echo (Nexis) 24 July 8 One of the tasks delegated to me was..to purchase cakes on colleagues' birthdays and other high days and holidays. 2. The time of full daylight, when the sun is high in the sky. Also attributive, in high-day noon. Cf. high adj. 16a, high noon n. 1. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > time > day and night > day or daytime > noon or midday > [noun] noontideeOE middayOE overnoonOE noontimeOE noona1225 undern13.. high noon1370 undern-tide1387 meridianc1390 merionc1390 meridiec1392 midoverunderna1400 high dayc1425 noon season1461 nooninga1500 noonday1535 midnoon1580 mid-seasona1616 M1741 noon-mark1842 noon1852 sun-hot1894 c1425 Edward, Duke of York Master of Game (Vesp. B.xii) (1904) 88 Alþoo he be go in þe mornyng and haþ nouȝt, Naþelees he shuld not leue to qvest with his lymere whan it is hie day. a1500 Walter of Henley's Husbandry (Sloane) (1890) 52 Yeff your catell haue euery day provender, let it be highe day or þey haue it. 1583 C. Hollyband Campo di Fior 5 I will open both these windowes, that..ye may..see, that it is highe day. 1642 H. More Ψυχωδια Platonica 43 Each rider on his shield doth bear the Sun With golden shining beam dispread abroad, The Sun of righteousnesse at high day noon. 1667 S. Pepys Diary 29 Nov. (1974) VIII. 552 Thus we lay till the clock struck 8, and high day. 1737 W. Pardon Dyche's New Gen. Eng. Dict. (ed. 2) at Hour In the Jewish Account, the Day was divided into 4 Parts, Morning, High-day or Noon, the first Evening, and the last Evening. 1825 M. M. Sherwood Lady of Manor III. xvi. 201 She had offices to perform for her which could not be omitted, and these engaged her till it was high day. 1886 R. L. Stevenson Kidnapped xx. 194 It was now high day, cloudless, and very hot. 1961 E. Wilson Night Thoughts 214 The August afternoon turns cold; The high day ebbs—fluid and bright. Compounds attributive with the sense, ‘characteristic of or befitting a feast day’. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > social event > festive occasion > [adjective] > befitting festyfull?a1425 high day1600 festivous1654 festal1724 carnivalesque1791 bank holiday1885 holidayish1886 bank-holidayish1894 gala1954 1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice ii. ix. 97 Thou spendst such high day wit in praysing him. View more context for this quotation 1611 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) ii. iii. 395 His high-day sutes are of the softest Furs. 1832 F. Kemble Francis I i. iv. 21 Some wealthy burgher's buxom dame, Deck'd out in all her high-day splendour. 1901 F. M. Crawford Marietta 137 The servants were arrayed in their high-day liveries. 1906 C. M. Doughty Dawn in Brit. V. xviii. 117 Merry sound of flutes, and high-day shouts, And solemn chant. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). high dayn.² Brit. /ˈhʌɪ deɪ/, U.S. /ˈhaɪ ˌdeɪ/ Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: heyday n. Etymology: Altered form of heyday n., after high day n.¹ Compare earlier highday int. = heyday n. 2. Also in plural in same sense. Cf. highday int.Recorded earliest in attributive use. ΘΚΠ the world > life > source or principle of life > age > prime > [noun] flowering agec1400 pridec1475 blooming-time1495 flower?1507 season?1507 day1546 flourishing years?1555 golden years1559 vigour1563 consistent age1574 prime1574 May moon1576 acme1579 Maya1586 flourish1597 May month1600 consistencea1613 May morna1616 constant age1620 high daya1625 blouth1643 flourishing age1737 heyday1751 floruit1843 bloom-hour1850 blossom-time1860 a1625 J. Fletcher Mad Lover i. i, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. B2/1 Looke to your wives Your yong trim wives, your high-day wives your marchpaines. 1740 Royal Folly 20 His Blood, notwithstanding he was past the High Day of his Youth, took Fire at so bewitching a sight. 1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker II. 231 In the high-day of youth and exultation. 1827 C. Fry Assistant of Educ. IX. 256 It is a story of woe when you know none, of want when you feel none, of sorrows in the high day of your joy. 1865 C. Merivale Hist. Romans under Empire (new ed.) IV. xxxix. 398 The landowners of Rome, in the highday [1856 heyday] of her insolent adolescence. 1930 19th Cent. June 849 These were the high days of American hoboism. 1994 Queen's Q. Fall 531 This was also the high day of the New York intellectuals. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹OEn.²a1625
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high dayn.1

Compounds

high dayn.2

high dayn.¹

high dayn.²