Welcome to another astonishing episode of Word Woman's Weekly Work-Out! Here's hoping that your holiday was full of joy and wonder, and maybe even a new book or two to keep your mind active during the dark winter months. Now, let's light up those brain cells with the Word of the Week:
Mondayish: tired, despondent, fed up with life, lacking interest in things; mondayish means feeling, as one so often does on Monday, chilled by the prospect of another week of work -- as though work, or at least congenial work, did not afford life's most enduring satisfaction. -- "Name Into Word: A Discursive Dictionary", Eric Partridge, The Macmillan Company, New York, 1950.
Example: The anti-climactic nature of the day after a holiday sometimes leaves people feeling a bit mondayish.
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