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workaday.

Suitable for everyday use.

8 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈwɜːkədeɪ/Received-Pronunciation/ˈwɜɹkədeɪ/General-American

  1. Suitable for everyday use.

  2. Mundane or commonplace.

Where this word comes from

Middle English werkedei, from Old Norse virkr dagr (“working day”). Cognate to later workday; see work and day. Used in adjective sense from 16th century. By surface analysis, work + -a- + day. First attested in c. 1200.

noun/ˈwɜːkədeɪ/Received-Pronunciation/ˈwɜɹkədeɪ/General-American

  1. A workday.

    archaic · dialectal
Where this word comes from

Middle English werkedei, from Old Norse virkr dagr (“working day”). Cognate to later workday; see work and day. Used in adjective sense from 16th century. By surface analysis, work + -a- + day. First attested in c. 1200.

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