Question of the Day #646

He did live in San Francisco during the early-to-late 2010s, however, and he remembers that era as the “heyday” of the tech industry’s romance with the media. 

From the 7th paragraph of this article at PR Daily.

上記の文で、heydayの意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "heyday" mean?

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解答

意味：
英辞郎によると、

全盛期、絶頂

Answer

According to Merriam-Webster:

the period of one's greatest popularity, vigor, or prosperity

語源

The Online Etymology Dictionaryによると、

16世紀後期。heydaの変形で、遊び心、陽気な様、驚きを表す現代英語のhurrahのように使われた感嘆の言葉。

Etymology

According to The Online Etymology Dictionary,

...late 16c. as an exclamation, an alteration of heyda (1520s), an exclamation of playfulness, cheerfulness, or surprise something like Modern English hurrah...

Examples

• In its heyday, the circus was a major form of entertainment for small-town America.
• In their heyday, they sold as many records as all the other groups in the country put together.
• Tales that send a shiver down the spine were in their heyday in the Victorian age. Times, Sunday Times (2011)
• Her earrings—a modern throwback to Hollywood’s heyday are by Cathy Waterman. — Beth Bernstein, Forbes, "Glamor In Jewelry At Home Or On Stage At The 2021 Golden Globes," 1 Mar. 2021
• For just a lonely couple of months since the heyday of the 2008 campaign have a majority of Americans, according to the Gallup Poll, held a favorable opinion of the party. — Michael Kazin, The New Republic, "How the Democratic Party Can Create a Majoritarian Coalition," 11 Feb. 2021

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