salad days

sal·ad days

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [sal-uh d deyz]
- /ˈsæl əd deɪz/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [sal-uh d deyz]
- /ˈsæl əd deɪz/

Definitions of salad days words

noun salad days a period of youthful inexperience: a man who never lost the immature attitudes of his salad days. 1
noun plural salad days a period of youth and inexperience 0
noun salad days time of youth and inexperience 0

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Origin of salad days

First appearance:

before 1600

One of the 39% oldest English words

First recorded in 1600-10

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Parts of speech for Salad days

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Salad days

salad days popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 42% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 67% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

salad days usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for salad days

noun salad days

awkward age — early adolescence.
girlhood — the state or time of being a girl.
greenness — the quality or state of being green.
heyday — the stage or period of greatest vigor, strength, success, etc.; prime: the heyday of the vaudeville stars.
high point — a city in central North Carolina.

All 11 Synonyms of salad days