Mondayish
adj, adv, slang ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
- 1 feeling ill, especially used of clergymen having worked all day Sunday informal
"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."
- 2 hungover after a weekend of drinking (as a presumed contributing explanation for a clergyman feeling Mondayish) informal
"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."
- 3 grumpy and disheartened on returning to work on a Monday after the weekend informal
"I feel a bit Mondayish this week at the start of a long project."
- 1 On or around Monday. informal, not-comparable
"I hope to have the job finished by Mondayish."
Example
More examples"I hope to have the job finished by Mondayish."
Etymology
From Monday + -ish.
Related phrases
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