Etymology

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Today it means: Appropriate for ordinary use, rather than for special occasions. Full definition →

Middle English everidayes
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  1. Middle English · derived fromeveridayes
  2. English todayeveryday

From Middle English everidayes, every daies, every dayes (“everyday, daily, continual, constant”, adjective, literally “every day's”), equivalent to every + day.

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