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workaday(dictionary)

workaday (iou)



workaday noun & adjective. , & other vars. ME.
[Origin uncertain: perh. from WORK noun + DAY noun after trisyllabic vars. of Sunday, mass-day.]
A. noun. A day on which work is ordinarily done (as opp. to a holiday); a workday. obsolete exc. dial. ME.
b. attrib. or as adjective. Pertaining to or characteristic of a workday or its occupations; characterized by a regular succession or round of tasks, humdrum, routine; ordinary, everyday, practical. M16.
L. Whistler The work-a-day interior struck him as 'something between a school and a sanatorium'. Atlantic Acquaintances for whom weekend activities seem more important than workaday existence.
? The forms with medial -a- are not recorded before E19.