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(wʉr′kə dā′)

adjective

of or suitable for working days; everyday
commonplace; ordinary

Origin: ME werkedai < werk, work + -e- (prob. as in sunnedai, Sunday, messeday, “mass day”) + dai, day

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adjective

Relating to or suited for working days; everyday.
Mundane; commonplace: “the practical, workaday world, of … ordinary undistinguished things” (Lionel Trilling).

Origin:

Origin: From Middle English werkeday, workday

Origin: : werke (alteration of work; see work)

Origin: + day, day; see Day

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