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Dailinesses\'

[dey-lee] Origin

dai·ly

[dey-lee] adjective, noun, plural -lies, adverb
adjective
1.
of, done, occurring, or issued each day or each weekday: daily attendance; a daily newspaper.
2.
computed or measured by the day: daily quota; a daily wage.
noun
3.
a newspaper appearing each day or each weekday.
4.
dailies, Movies. a series of hastily printed shots from the previous day's shooting, selected by the director to be viewed for possible inclusion in the final version of the film; rushes.
5.
British.
a.
a nonresident servant who comes to work every day; a permanently employed servant who sleeps out.
b.
a person employed to do cleaning or other household work by the day.

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Dailinesses' is always a great word to know.
So is zedonk. Does it mean:
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
adverb
6.
every day; day by day: She phoned the hospital daily.

Origin:
before 1000; late Middle English; Old English dæglīc. See day, -ly

dai·li·ness, noun
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Word Origin & History

daily
O.E. dæglic (see day). This form is known from compounds, twadæglic "happening once in two days," þreodæglic "happening once in three days;" the more usual O.E. word was dæghwamlic.
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