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Added 9 October 2026

workaday

/ˈwɜːkədeɪ/ adjective

adjective Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about workaday at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

Found in the ordinary course of events.
a placid everyday scene

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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