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Sunday (iou)



Sunday noun, adverb, adjective, & verb.

A. noun.
The first day of the week, a Christian holiday and day of worship; the Christian Sabbath, the Lord's day. OE.
Advent Sunday, continental Sunday, Easter Sunday, Palm Sunday, Passion Sunday, stir-up Sunday, etc. MONTH of Sundays. one's Sunday best: see BEST adjective, noun, & adverb. week of Sundays: see WEEK noun.
ellipt.
a. In pl. Sunday clothes. E20.
b. A Sunday newspaper. Usu. in pl. M20.
b. adverb. On Sunday. Now colloq. ME.
C. attrib. or as adjective. Of Sunday; characteristic of Sunday; taking place on Sunday(s). LME.
D. verb intrans. Spend Sunday. Chiefly US. L19.
Special collocations & comb.: Sunday child = Sunday's child below. Sunday closing the closing on Sundays of shops (except for the sale of certain commodities), public houses, etc. Sunday dinner: see Sunday lunch below. Sunday driver a person who drives chiefly at weekends, esp. slowly or unskilfully. Sunday face (a) (orig. Scot.) a sanctimonious expression; (b) Anglo-Irish a festive countenance. Sunday-go-to-meeting adjective = go-to-meeting s.v. GO verb. Sunday joint a roasted joint of meat traditionally served for Sunday lunch. Sunday letter = dominical letter s.v. DOMINICAL adjective 2. Sunday lunch: traditionally large and featuring roast meat. Sunday observance the keeping of Sunday as a day of rest and worship. Sunday painter an amateur painter, esp. one with little training. Sunday punch US slang a knockout blow or punch. Sunday's child a child born on Sunday, traditionally greatly blessed or favoured. Sunday school a school for the instruction of children on Sundays, now spec. in religion but orig. also in general subjects; (also as a type of wholesomeness, sanctimoniousness, or strict morality). Sunday supplement an illustrated section issued with a Sunday newspaper, freq. characterized as portraying voguish living.
Sundayed adjective = Sundayfied L19.
Sundayfied adjective appropriate to or reminiscent of Sunday, in Sunday clothes M19.
Sundayish adjective reminiscent of or resembling Sunday L18.
Sundays adverb (now colloq.) on Sundays, each Sunday ME.