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adjective found in the ordinary course of events; ; ; - Anita Diamant
originMiddle English werkedei, from Old Norse virkr dagr (“working day”). Cognate to later workday; see work and day. Used in adjective sense from 16th century. By surface analysis, work + -a- + day. First attested in c. 1200.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0