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workaday

wor·ka·day

UK/ˈwɜːkədeɪ/ US/ˈwɜɹkədeɪ/ uncommon archaic

adjective

1.

found in the ordinary course of events

  • “a placid everyday scene”
  • “it was a routine day”
  • “there”
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Origin

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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