workdayn.adj.

Brit.

/ˈwəːkdeɪ/, U.S.

/ˈwərkˌdeɪ/

Forms: see work n. and day n.; also 1900s– wahrdeh (English regional (Yorkshire)).

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: work n., day n.

Etymology: < work n. + day n. Compare Middle Dutch wercdach (Dutch werkdag ), Old High German werctac (Middle High German werctac , German werktag ), Old Icelandic verkdagr ; compare also Middle Low German werkeldag , Middle High German werkeltac , werkentac . Compare workaday n. With use as adjective compare also workaday adj. and working day adj.

A. n.

1. A day of the week on which a person works, or on which people usually or typically work, as opposed to a holiday, weekend, etc.; = working day n. 1a. In early use also (Christian Church): †a weekday in ordinary time, as opposed to a Sunday or other holy day (obsolete).

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > period > a day or twenty-four hours > [noun] > week day

weekdayeOE

workdayOE

ilka daya1658

working day1796

workday1841

society > occupation and work > work > times or periods of work > [noun] > day in which work is done

workdayOE

workadayc1175

working day?1478

business day1796

wottle day1866

OE Rule St. Benet (Corpus Cambr.) xiii. 37 On weorcdagum dægredsanges weorðung is þus to healdenne.

OE Regularis Concordia (Tiber.) (1993) xxiv. 40 Ut sextam [read sexta] feria de cruce, sabbato de Sancta Maria..missa celebretur principalis : þæt on syxtan worcdæge be þære rode on sæternesdæg be Sancta Marian..mæsse si sungen seo ealdorlice.

c1230 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Corpus Cambr.) (1962) 14 (MED) Ȝef hit is wercdei, falleð to þer eorðe.

1370 in J. Raine Fabric Rolls York Minster (1859) 181 Yai sall stande yar trewly wyrkande..als lang als yai may se skilfully for till wyrke, yf yt be alle werkday.

?a1425 in D. Knoop & G. P. Jones Mediæval Mason (1933) 265 That the mason worche apon the werkday.

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Ezek. xlvi. 1 Y^e dore of the ynnermer courte..shall be shut the vj. worke dayes.

1549 Bk. Common Prayer (STC 16267) Svpper of the Lorde f. cxxxii When the holy Communion is celebrate on the workeday.

1563 2nd Tome Homelyes Of Place & Time of Prayer i. 139 They vse all dayes a lyke, workedayes and holydayes are all one.

a1629 W. Hinde Faithfull Remonstr. (1641) xlvii. 153 Neither holy-day, nor work-day.

1656 N. Hardy First Epist. John: 1st Pt. (i. 4) viii. 117 How many precious hours do many spend, and that not only on workdays, but holydays, in foolish Romances, fabulous histories, lascivious poems?

1707 S. Centlivre Platonick Lady i. ii. 5 [She] paid the Labourers their Wages on Work-days, and took a Jigg with them on Holy-days.

1767 C. Smart tr. Horace Satires ii. iii, in tr. Horace Wks. (new ed.) III. 193 Dregs, or any kind of stuff, Were for a work-day well enough.

1824 M. R. Mitford Our Village I. 22 We (the privileged) see on a work-day the names which the sabbath announces to the generality.

1897 Gentleman's Mag. Aug. 156 This table puts down the name of every child, with columns for each work-day of the week.

1922 Field Afar Dec. 365/1 Sunday is like every other day—a workday or a market day.

1983 Changing Times Oct. 102/2 (advt.) Different schedules for workdays and weekends.

2012 T. Wynn & F. L. Coolidge How to think like Neanderthal iii. 63 Driving to work. Most of us do this every workday and think little of it.

2. A service or obligation consisting of a day's labour undertaken without payment; a payment made in commutation of this service. Cf. corvée n. Now historical (rare after 17th cent.).

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > payment or service to feudal superior > [noun]

gavelc725

tacka1300

servicec1300

customc1390

servagec1400

taskc1400

homage1440

under-aid1579

reddendoa1630

workdaya1634

render1647

darg-days-

a1634 E. Coke 2nd Pt. Inst. Lawes Eng. (1642) 19 Called white rents, because they were paid in silver, to distinguish them from work-dayes, rent cummin, rent corn, &c.

a1691 P. Ventris Rep. (1696) i. 91 Reddend' a certain yearly Rent, and two Work-days in Harvest.

1691 Blount's Νομο-λεξικον (ed. 2) at Compagne When they performed their Boons or Work-days to their Lord.

1899 Acts Gen. Assembly S. Carolina 9 In Clarendon County..the number of work days shall be changed to four, and the commutation tax shall be one dollar.

1993 R. W. Winks World Civilization iii. iv. 233 The feudal tradition..depended on customary fees and allotted workdays for the lord of the manor.

3. The part of the day devoted to work, or during which a person normally works; = working day n. 2.

ΘΠ

the world > time > period > a day or twenty-four hours > [noun] > week day

weekdayeOE

workdayOE

ilka daya1658

working day1796

workday1841

1841 W. Jowett Christian Visitor: Old Test. Psalms to Malachi vi. 23 When your work-day is ended, then comes your rest, and your reward.

1888 Third Biennial Rep. Bureau Labor Statistics Wisconsin 56 Abolishing piece work, and a shorter work day would greatly improve our trade.

1890 Atlantic Monthly June 808/2 The adoption of an eight-hour workday would..reduce the working time of over eight million adult laborers about two hours a day.

1954 Mansfield (Ohio) News-Jrnl. 15 Sept. 38 (advt.) Motorized massage..soothing the tension and the muscle aches of your pressured work day.

1989 Washington Post 1 Oct. d7/4 Let's lengthen the school day to coincide with the workday. It would eliminate..latchkey children.

2010 I. Vincent Gilded Lily (2011) ii. 44 Alfredo was a self-confessed workaholic who typically began his workday at seven in the morning.

B. adj.

Of, relating to, or associated with a workday or its activities. Hence: ordinary, routine, humdrum. Cf. workaday adj.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > work > times or periods of work > [adjective] > belonging to working day

workday1516

workaday1554

dayside1918

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [adjective] > for specific purpose > everyday wear

standing1492

workday1516

workaday1554

everydaya1640

the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > [adjective] > usual or ordinary

commona1325

naturalc1390

ordinarc1400

ordinary?a1425

ilk-day's1488

naturely?c1510

famous1528

familiar1533

vulgar1553

workaday1554

modern1591

tralatitious1653

commonish1792

workday1808

everyday1813

bread and butter1822

normal1843

common-seeming1857

tralatician1893

wake-a-day1893

1516 Will in A. Gibbons Ely Episcopal Rec. (1891) 211 I give to Edmund Garred my warke day gown.

1563 in J. Strype Ann. Reformation (1709) I. xxxv. 357 My Visitation Sermons and Workday Sermons.

1622 in F. Collins Wills & Admin. Knaresborough Court Rolls (1905) II. 77 My woorkday gowne..thre woorkday aprens, one woorkday band.

1642 D. Rogers Matrimoniall Honovr xiii. 276 Sara, called her husband Lord, meaning usually, it was not her holiday livery, but her workday phrase.

1795 A. Kilham Progress of Liberty 32 Those places where we preach only on work day evenings.

1808 W. Scott Marmion vi. iii. 320 Ne'er, in work-day world, was seen A form so witching fair.

1889 J. Corbett Monk xiv. 195 This dull work-day soldier.

1921 Harvard Graduates' Mag. Mar. 352 That classic harmony and charm,..entirely his own and unspotted from the workday world about him.

1972 Guardian 29 Aug. 8/1 Belting out the last couplet clad in workday trousers and shirts.

2009 L. Dyble Paying Toll 1 The commuters whose cars crowd onto its narrow roadway every workday morning and evening.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	workday
释义	workdayn.adj. Brit. /ˈwəːkdeɪ/, U.S. /ˈwərkˌdeɪ/ Forms: see work n. and day n.; also 1900s– wahrdeh (English regional (Yorkshire)). Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: work n., day n. Etymology: < work n. + day n. Compare Middle Dutch wercdach (Dutch werkdag ), Old High German werctac (Middle High German werctac , German werktag ), Old Icelandic verkdagr ; compare also Middle Low German werkeldag , Middle High German werkeltac , werkentac . Compare workaday n. With use as adjective compare also workaday adj. and working day adj. A. n. 1. A day of the week on which a person works, or on which people usually or typically work, as opposed to a holiday, weekend, etc.; = working day n. 1a. In early use also (Christian Church): †a weekday in ordinary time, as opposed to a Sunday or other holy day (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the world > time > period > a day or twenty-four hours > [noun] > week day weekdayeOE workdayOE ilka daya1658 working day1796 workday1841 society > occupation and work > work > times or periods of work > [noun] > day in which work is done workdayOE workadayc1175 working day?1478 business day1796 wottle day1866 OE Rule St. Benet (Corpus Cambr.) xiii. 37 On weorcdagum dægredsanges weorðung is þus to healdenne. OE Regularis Concordia (Tiber.) (1993) xxiv. 40 Ut sextam [read sexta] feria de cruce, sabbato de Sancta Maria..missa celebretur principalis : þæt on syxtan worcdæge be þære rode on sæternesdæg be Sancta Marian..mæsse si sungen seo ealdorlice. c1230 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Corpus Cambr.) (1962) 14 (MED) Ȝef hit is wercdei, falleð to þer eorðe. 1370 in J. Raine Fabric Rolls York Minster (1859) 181 Yai sall stande yar trewly wyrkande..als lang als yai may se skilfully for till wyrke, yf yt be alle werkday. ?a1425 in D. Knoop & G. P. Jones Mediæval Mason (1933) 265 That the mason worche apon the werkday. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Ezek. xlvi. 1 Y^e dore of the ynnermer courte..shall be shut the vj. worke dayes. 1549 Bk. Common Prayer (STC 16267) Svpper of the Lorde f. cxxxii When the holy Communion is celebrate on the workeday. 1563 2nd Tome Homelyes Of Place & Time of Prayer i. 139 They vse all dayes a lyke, workedayes and holydayes are all one. a1629 W. Hinde Faithfull Remonstr. (1641) xlvii. 153 Neither holy-day, nor work-day. 1656 N. Hardy First Epist. John: 1st Pt. (i. 4) viii. 117 How many precious hours do many spend, and that not only on workdays, but holydays, in foolish Romances, fabulous histories, lascivious poems? 1707 S. Centlivre Platonick Lady i. ii. 5 [She] paid the Labourers their Wages on Work-days, and took a Jigg with them on Holy-days. 1767 C. Smart tr. Horace Satires ii. iii, in tr. Horace Wks. (new ed.) III. 193 Dregs, or any kind of stuff, Were for a work-day well enough. 1824 M. R. Mitford Our Village I. 22 We (the privileged) see on a work-day the names which the sabbath announces to the generality. 1897 Gentleman's Mag. Aug. 156 This table puts down the name of every child, with columns for each work-day of the week. 1922 Field Afar Dec. 365/1 Sunday is like every other day—a workday or a market day. 1983 Changing Times Oct. 102/2 (advt.) Different schedules for workdays and weekends. 2012 T. Wynn & F. L. Coolidge How to think like Neanderthal iii. 63 Driving to work. Most of us do this every workday and think little of it. 2. A service or obligation consisting of a day's labour undertaken without payment; a payment made in commutation of this service. Cf. corvée n. Now historical (rare after 17th cent.). ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > payment or service to feudal superior > [noun] gavelc725 tacka1300 servicec1300 customc1390 servagec1400 taskc1400 homage1440 under-aid1579 reddendoa1630 workdaya1634 render1647 darg-days- a1634 E. Coke 2nd Pt. Inst. Lawes Eng. (1642) 19 Called white rents, because they were paid in silver, to distinguish them from work-dayes, rent cummin, rent corn, &c. a1691 P. Ventris Rep. (1696) i. 91 Reddend' a certain yearly Rent, and two Work-days in Harvest. 1691 Blount's Νομο-λεξικον (ed. 2) at Compagne When they performed their Boons or Work-days to their Lord. 1899 Acts Gen. Assembly S. Carolina 9 In Clarendon County..the number of work days shall be changed to four, and the commutation tax shall be one dollar. 1993 R. W. Winks World Civilization iii. iv. 233 The feudal tradition..depended on customary fees and allotted workdays for the lord of the manor. 3. The part of the day devoted to work, or during which a person normally works; = working day n. 2. ΘΠ the world > time > period > a day or twenty-four hours > [noun] > week day weekdayeOE workdayOE ilka daya1658 working day1796 workday1841 1841 W. Jowett Christian Visitor: Old Test. Psalms to Malachi vi. 23 When your work-day is ended, then comes your rest, and your reward. 1888 Third Biennial Rep. Bureau Labor Statistics Wisconsin 56 Abolishing piece work, and a shorter work day would greatly improve our trade. 1890 Atlantic Monthly June 808/2 The adoption of an eight-hour workday would..reduce the working time of over eight million adult laborers about two hours a day. 1954 Mansfield (Ohio) News-Jrnl. 15 Sept. 38 (advt.) Motorized massage..soothing the tension and the muscle aches of your pressured work day. 1989 Washington Post 1 Oct. d7/4 Let's lengthen the school day to coincide with the workday. It would eliminate..latchkey children. 2010 I. Vincent Gilded Lily (2011) ii. 44 Alfredo was a self-confessed workaholic who typically began his workday at seven in the morning. B. adj. Of, relating to, or associated with a workday or its activities. Hence: ordinary, routine, humdrum. Cf. workaday adj. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > work > times or periods of work > [adjective] > belonging to working day workday1516 workaday1554 dayside1918 the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [adjective] > for specific purpose > everyday wear standing1492 workday1516 workaday1554 everydaya1640 the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > [adjective] > usual or ordinary commona1325 naturalc1390 ordinarc1400 ordinary?a1425 ilk-day's1488 naturely?c1510 famous1528 familiar1533 vulgar1553 workaday1554 modern1591 tralatitious1653 commonish1792 workday1808 everyday1813 bread and butter1822 normal1843 common-seeming1857 tralatician1893 wake-a-day1893 1516 Will in A. Gibbons Ely Episcopal Rec. (1891) 211 I give to Edmund Garred my warke day gown. 1563 in J. Strype Ann. Reformation (1709) I. xxxv. 357 My Visitation Sermons and Workday Sermons. 1622 in F. Collins Wills & Admin. Knaresborough Court Rolls (1905) II. 77 My woorkday gowne..thre woorkday aprens, one woorkday band. 1642 D. Rogers Matrimoniall Honovr xiii. 276 Sara, called her husband Lord, meaning usually, it was not her holiday livery, but her workday phrase. 1795 A. Kilham Progress of Liberty 32 Those places where we preach only on work day evenings. 1808 W. Scott Marmion vi. iii. 320 Ne'er, in work-day world, was seen A form so witching fair. 1889 J. Corbett Monk xiv. 195 This dull work-day soldier. 1921 Harvard Graduates' Mag. Mar. 352 That classic harmony and charm,..entirely his own and unspotted from the workday world about him. 1972 Guardian 29 Aug. 8/1 Belting out the last couplet clad in workday trousers and shirts. 2009 L. Dyble Paying Toll 1 The commuters whose cars crowd onto its narrow roadway every workday morning and evening. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.adj.OE
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