mondayish
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
hungover after a weekend of drinking (as a presumed contributing explanation for a clergyman feeling Mondayish)
Informal
Example Sentences
- "I hope to have the job finished by Mondayish."
- "I wonder if on this Monday morning all the world is rested? No, no! Many of the best people of the world feel Mondayish. They overdid the Sunday and had no rest."
- "He loses the robustness and vigor of his physical frame, so that after preaching twice on the Sabbath, he feels Mondayish, and perhaps Tuesdayish."
- "You all know that my work on the Sabbath day is very hard, and I used to think that I was entitled to something good after the labors of the day, and generally took a stiff glass of brandy and water. I did this, as I thought, to strengthen me, but I invariably passed a restless night, was always Mondayish, and felt unfit for anything; but since I have given up the brandy and water, I feel as well on Monday morning as I did on Saturday night."
- "As an ordinary drinker, he always used to find it necessary to have a glass of something as a night-cap, and then he always woke up in the morning hot and feverish, and Mondayish. That word Mondayish would be banished out of the language if they would only banish alcohol."
- "I feel a bit Mondayish this week at the start of a long project."
Etymology
Etymology tree English Monday Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -isch English -ish English Mondayish From Monday + -ish.
Usage
Inflected Forms
more Mondayish (comparative)
most Mondayish (superlative)
Derived Forms
Phrases
Monday-morning feeling
Frequently Paired Words
Mondayitis
Monday-morning feeling