adj
workaday
Workaday (adj) means Fit for ordinary, everyday use.
adj
1
Fit for ordinary, everyday use.
2
Ordinary and unremarkable.
"But then something started to shift—the Burning Man aesthetic was creeping into the workaday world; festival culture went mainstream."
— Rachel Monroe, Ultra-fast Fashion Is Eating the World (2021)
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Etymology
Comes from Middle English werkedei, from Old Norse virkr dagr (“working day”); it is cognate to the later word workday (see work and day). It has been used in the adjective sense since the 16th century, and by surface analysis breaks down as work + -a- + day. It is first attested around 1200.
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What is the meaning of workaday?
"workaday" (adj) means fit for ordinary, everyday use.
What is another word for workaday?
Other words for "workaday" include mundane, everyday, unremarkable, quotidian, routine.
What is the opposite of workaday?
Opposites of "workaday" include nonpareil, remarkable, rare, outlandish, prodigious.
What are the different meanings of workaday?
"workaday" has 2 main meanings: 1. Fit for ordinary, everyday use; 2. Ordinary and unremarkable.
