Circa 1200, Middle English werkedei, from Old Norse virkr dagr.

• (RP) IPA: /ˈwɜːkədeɪ/
• (America) IPA: /ˈwɜɹkədeɪ/

workaday

1. Suitable for everyday use.
2. Mundane or commonplace.
   • 1916 December 29, James Joyce, chapter III, in A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, New York, N.Y.: B[enjamin] W. Huebsch, →OCLC ↗, page 124 ↗:

     A retreat, my dear boys, signifies a withdrawal for a while from the cares of our life, the cares of this workaday world, in order to examine the state of our conscience, to reflect on the mysteries of holy religion and to understand better why we are here in this world."

• workday

• German: Alltag

• German: Alltag, alltäglich

workaday (plural workadays)

1. (archaic, dialect) A workday.