high-day
Definition
- Noun:
- A festival or holiday: "high-day" refers to a day of celebration, festivity, or religious observance, often marked by joy and special events.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- The village prepared for the high-day with decorations and feasting. (A day of celebration with communal joy.)
- In medieval times, a high-day meant a break from work for religious festivities. (A holiday or festival day.)
Advanced Usage
- "high-day and holiday": a fixed phrase meaning a time of celebration and leisure, often used in older or poetic English.
- They lived for high-day and holiday, ignoring the drudgery of daily life. (They focused only on festive occasions.)
Variants and Related Words
- High (adj): great in degree, importance, or intensity.
- The high spirits of the crowd made the high-day unforgettable. (Elevated mood.)
- Day (n): a period of 24 hours, or the time when the sun is up.
- This high-day will be remembered for years. (A specific day.)
Synonyms
- Festival: a day or period of celebration.
- Holiday: a day of rest or celebration, often from religious or national tradition.
- Feast day: a day of special religious observance and feasting.
Related Idioms
- "Make a high-day of it": to treat an occasion as a special celebration.
- Let's make a high-day of your birthday this year. (Celebrate it extravagantly.)