workaday — workaday, workday Workaday is now used only as an adjective in the meaning ‘ordinary, everyday’. The usual nouns for a day on which work is done are workday and working day. In AmE, workday also means ‘the part of the day used for work’ (as in an … Modern English usage
workaday — c.1200, werkedei, from O.N. virkr dagr working day; see WORK (Cf. work) (n.) + DAY (Cf. day). Older than workday (early 15c.). It passed into an adj. 16c … Etymology dictionary
workaday — [wʉr′kə dā΄] adj. [ME werkedai < werk,WORK + e (prob. as in sunnedai,SUNDAY1, messeday, “mass day”) + dai,DAY] 1. of or suitable for working days; everyday 2. commonplace; ordinary … English World dictionary
Workaday — Work a*day , n. See {Workyday}. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
workaday — adjective workaday prose our workaday lives Syn: ordinary, average, run of the mill, middle of the road, conventional, unremarkable, unexceptional, humdrum, undistinguished, commonplace, mundane, pedestrian; routine, everyday, day to day, ga … Thesaurus of popular words
workaday — Workyday Work y*day , n. [See {Workday}, {Workingday}.] A week day or working day, as distinguished from Sunday or a holiday. Also used adjectively. [Written also {workiday}, and {workaday}.] [Obs. or Colloq.] [1913 Webster] Prithee, tell her but … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
workaday — work|a|day [ˈwə:kədeı US ˈwə:r ] adj [only before noun] [Date: 1800 1900; Origin: workyday (16 19 centuries), from workyday working day (16 19 centuries), from workeday (12 16 centuries), from work + day] ordinary and not interesting = ↑everyday… … Dictionary of contemporary English
workaday — /werr keuh day /, adj. 1. of or befitting working days; characteristic of a workday and its occupations. 2. ordinary; commonplace; everyday; prosaic. [1150 1200; alter. (prob. after NOWADAYS) of earlier worky day workday, alter. (by assoc. with… … Universalium
workaday — work•a•day [[t]ˈwɜr kəˌdeɪ[/t]] adj. 1) characteristic of or befitting working days or the workday 2) ordinary; everyday; prosaic • Etymology: 1150–1200; earlier worky day workday, alter. (by assoc. with holiday) of ME werkeday, obscurely derived … From formal English to slang
workaday — work|a|day [ wɜrkə,deı ] adjective FORMAL ordinary or common, and not special or unusual … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
