Definition of workaday

Reference

work·a·day

(wûr

-d

) KEY

ADJECTIVE:

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

ETYMOLOGY:
From Middle English werkeday, workday : werke (alteration of work; see work) + day, day ; see day

Visit our partner's site

Provided by Houghton Mifflin
		eReference -- Download this interactive reference software to your desktop computer