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- noun plural A time of youth, innocence, and inexperience.
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- noun plural a period when a person is young and inexperienced.
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- noun A
period ofinexperienced youthful innocence accompanied byenthusiasm andidealism .
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- noun the best time of youth
Etymologies
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[Coined by William Shakespeare.]
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Coined by William Shakespeare, in Anthony and Cleopatra, act 1, sc. 5:
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Refers to the days of carefree innocence and pleasure of one's youth.
Origin: Shakespeare's Anthony and Cleopatra, 1606:
CLEOPATRA: My salad days,
When I was green in judgment: cold in blood,
To say as I said then! But, come, away;
Get me ink and paper:
He shall have every day a several greeting,
Or I'll unpeople Egypt.
September 15, 2007