heydeguy
heydeguy noun: a kind of hay (country dance or round) popular during the English Renaissance.
Noun
heydeguy (plural heydeguys or heydeguies)
- A kind of hay (country dance or round) popular during the English Renaissance.
- But ye are ſo full of vertibilite,
And of frenetyke folabilite,
And of melancoly mutabilite,
That ye would coarte and enforce me
Nothing to write, but hay the gy of thre,
And I to ſuffre you lewdly to ly
Of me with your language full of vilany!c. 1515–1516, published 1568, John Skelton, Againſt venemous tongues enpoyſoned with ſclaunder and falſe detractions &c. - But frendly Faeries, met with many Graces,
And lightfote Nymphes can chace the lingring night,
With heydeguyes, and trimly trodden traces,
Whilſt ſyſters nyne, which dwell on Parnaſſe hight,
Doe make them muſick, for their more delight: […]1579, Immeritô [pseudonym; Edmund Spenser], “Iune. Ægloga Sexta.”, in The Shepheardes Calender: […], London: […] Hugh Singleton, […], →OCLC, folio 23, recto
- But ye are ſo full of vertibilite,
Forms of heydeguy
| plural | heydeguys |
|---|---|
| plural | heydeguies |
Origin of heydeguy
Likely hay (“kind of circle-dance”) + French de (“of”) + a proper noun of unclear referent, Guy or Guise.
Questions about heydeguy
- What does heydeguy mean?
- Heydeguy means a kind of hay (country dance or round) popular during the English Renaissance.
- What part of speech is heydeguy?
- Heydeguy is a noun.
- What is the plural of heydeguy?
- The plural of heydeguy is heydeguys.
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