Sunday
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsʌn.deɪ/
ipa: /ˈsʌn.di/
enpr: sŭnʹdā
enpr: sŭnʹdē
rhymes: -ʌndeɪ
rhymes: Rhymes: -ʌndi
homophone: sundae
homophone: sandhi
Forms: form: Sundays
Etymology: From Middle English Sonday, from Old English sunnandæġ (“day of the sun”), from sunne (“sun”), + dæġ (“day”), from Proto-West Germanic *sunnōn dag, as a calque (interpretātiō germānica) of Latin diēs Sōlis; declared the "venerable day of the sun" by Roman Emperor Constantine on March 7, 321 C.E.
Compare Saterland Frisian Sundai (“Sunday”), German Low German Sünndag, Dutch zondag, West Frisian snein, German Sonntag, Danish søndag.
Senses: examples: text: Every day is like Sunday / Every day is silent and grey
ref: 1988, Morrissey, “Everyday Is Like Sunday”, in Viva Hate:
text: And after missing a simple header in the first half, the Manchester United striker ensured England topped Group D to set up a quarter-final meeting with Italy in Kiev on Sunday.
ref: 2012 June 19, Phil McNulty, “England 1-0 Ukraine”, in BBC Sport:
text: But on that Sunday it was filled with Episcopalians from around the country who had traveled to South Bend to attend his campaign launch.
ref: 2019 August 16, Daniel Burke, “How Pete Buttigieg found God”, in CNN, archived from the original on 22 Oct 2021:
glosses: The first day of the week in many religious traditions, and the seventh day of the week in systems using the ISO 8601 standard; the Christian Sabbath; the Lord's Day; it follows Saturday and precedes Monday.
examples: text: I gave him the switchboard with my love, went down to the Savoy for breakfast and read the Sundays.
ref: 1974, John le Carré, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy:
glosses: A newspaper published on Sunday.
examples: text: It just wasn't his thing, although he did beautiful Sundays for however long he did them. So as soon as he could, he hired someone to do the Sundays. Karen and I would do some dailies, but we were the Sunday artists.
ref: 2017, Mark Arnold, Pocket Full of Dennis the Menace:
glosses: A comic strip published in a Sunday newspaper.
examples: text: Your face is the color of a Sunday swimmer who swallowed half the pool.
ref: 2010 November 9, Rosemary Wells, On the Blue Comet, Candlewick Press, →ISBN, page 113:
text: My limbs felt hollow, empty. Empty, empty, empty. A Sunday cyclist on a casual ride could have passed me.
ref: 2010 March 30, Lance Armstrong, Every Second Counts, Random House, →ISBN, page 51:
text: Below, a Sunday painter dabs at a canvas near the Pont Neuf, his suit as natty as any Landru wore. He tilts his bowler hat and steps back to view his efforts. 'What is a Sunday painter?' Matisse says aloud. 'When we start, we are all Sunday painters.'
ref: 2010 December 15, Peter Everett, Matisse's War, Random House, →ISBN:
text: If he even tries it, then his addiction will take over again. An alcoholic can never become a “Sunday drinker”.
ref: 2016 January 18, Renars Sidrabs, Memoirs of a Drunk, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN:
glosses: Describes someone who does something occasionally or casually, and therefore without skill.
examples: text: His father replies with a special tone of voice (his 'Sunday voice', which he also used for reading fairy tales): 'That is about the tragedy of human beings!'
ref: 2002, Emanuel Zeylmans, Willem Zeylmans Van Emmichoven: An Inspiration for Anthroposophy : a Biography, Temple Lodge Publishing, →ISBN, page 9:
text: It landed on the wire mesh in front of me, thrust its thin, monkey-arm through the wire, seized my Sunday hat, blue satin ribbons, rosettes and all, and squealing in triumph made off with it, leaping and bounding, to the top of the monkey-tree.
ref: 2010, Marion Houldsworth, The Morning Side of the Hill, Boolarong Press, →ISBN, page 150:
text: On the day of the show I decided to wear my good blue Sunday suit, even though Ms. Arnoldi had prescribed flannel shirts, boots, and jeans for all the boys.
ref: 2011 April 29, Tommy Chamberlain, A Spoon Full of Sugar, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 6:
glosses: Describes something particularly fine and elegant, particularly something that could be worn to or used at church.
Synonyms: word: Sun
word: Sun.
word: the Lord's day
Hypernyms: day
Hyponyms: Albless Sunday
Alb Sunday
Antipascha Sunday
Ascension Sunday
Black Sunday
Bloody Sunday
Branch Sunday
cannonball Sunday
Cantate Sunday
Care Sunday
Carling Sunday
Chestnut Sunday
Christmas Sunday
Cold Sunday
Communion Sunday
Divine Mercy Sunday
Easter Sunday
Expectation Sunday
Fast Sunday
Fig Sunday
Garland Sunday
Gaudete Sunday
God's Sunday
Good Shepherd Sunday
Greasy Sunday
Hall' Sunday
Hospital Sunday
Jerusalem Sunday
Jubilate Sunday
Judica Sunday
Justice Sunday
Laetare Sunday
Low Sunday
Mid-fast Sunday
Mid-Lent Sunday
Mothering Sunday
Oculi Sunday
Palm Sunday
Passion Sunday
Pentecost Sunday
Plough Sunday
Quadragesima Sunday
Quasimodo Sunday
Quinquagesima Sunday
Racial Justice Sunday
Refreshment Sunday
Remembrance Sunday
Reminiscere Sunday
Rogation Sunday
rope yarn Sunday
Rorate Sunday
Rose Sunday
Rush-bearing Sunday
Saint Sunday
Scout Sunday
Seedy Sunday
Selection Sunday
Septuagesima Sunday
Sexagesima Sunday
Shrove Sunday
six ways to Sunday
Stir-up Sunday
Suicide Sunday
Super Bowl Sunday
Super Sunday
Tap-up Sunday
Tradition Sunday
Trinity Sunday
Vocations Sunday
White Sunday
Whit Sunday
World Communion Sunday
Derived terms: word: Flowering Sunday
word: month of Sundays
word: never in a month of Sundays
word: Renewal Sunday
word: Rogate Sunday
word: Second Sunday of Easter
word: Smonday
word: St. Thomas Sunday
word: sundae
word: Sunday baby
word: Sunday best
word: Sunday child
word: Sunday Christian
word: Sunday church
word: Sunday closing law
word: Sunday clothes
word: Sunday comics
word: Sunday dinner
word: Sunday driver
word: Sundayed
word: Sunday face
word: Sundayfied
word: Sunday funnies
word: Sunday-going
word: Sunday-go-to-meeting
word: Sunday-go-to-meeting clothes
word: Sunday gravy
word: Sunday in Sexagesima
word: Sundayish
word: Sundayism
word: Sunday joint
word: Sunday law
word: Sunday letter
word: Sunday lunch
word: Sundayly
word: Sunday man
word: Sunday motorist
word: Sunday observance
word: Sunday out
word: Sunday painter
word: Sunday paper
word: Sunday punch
word: Sunday roast
word: Sundays
word: Sunday saint
word: Sunday salt
word: Sunday's best
word: Sunday scaries
word: Sunday's child
word: Sunday school
word: Sunday's daughter
word: Sunday shopping
word: Sunday strip
word: Sunday supplement
word: Sunday throat
word: Sunday trading
word: Sunday Trading Act
word: Sunday within the Octave of Christmas
word: Thomas Sunday
word: Wentsunday
word: what wins on Sunday sells on Monday
word: when two Sundays come together
word: when two Sundays meet
word: Whitsunday