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weekday

[week-dey] Origin

week·day

[week-dey]
noun
1.
any day of the week except Sunday or, often, Saturday and Sunday.
adjective
2.
of or on a weekday: weekday occupations.

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an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.

Origin:
before 900; Middle English; Old English wicdæg. See week, day
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weekday (ˈwiːkˌdeɪ)
 
n
any day of the week other than Sunday and, often, Saturday

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weekday
O.E. wicdæge "day of the week" (cf. O.H.G. wehhatag, O.N. vikudagr). See week + day. In M.E., any day other than Sunday.
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