hightide

See also: high tide

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English hegtide, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English hēahtīd (“a holy day”), equivalent to high +‎ tide. Cognate with Dutch hoogtijd, German Hochzeit, Danish højtid, Swedish högtid, Icelandic hátíð, Norwegian Bokmål høytid, Norwegian Nynorsk høgtid. Compare also highday, hockday.

Noun

hightide (plural hightides)

1. A great festival.
2. The point at which the sea level is at its highest during any given cycle

Translations

highpoint in sea level change cycle

• Spanish: pleamar (es)
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• Yámana: yaraku