different between chatty vs workaday

chatty

English

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /?t?æti/, [?t?æ?i]
  • Rhymes: -æti

Etymology 1

From chat (informal conversation) +? -y.

Adjective

chatty (comparative chattier, superlative chattiest)

  1. (informal) Of a person, chatting a lot or fond of chatting.
  2. (informal) Of a text or speech, expressed in a conversational style.
  3. (computing) Supplying more information than necessary; verbose.
    Chatty error messages may help attackers to compromise your server.
Synonyms
  • See also Thesaurus:talkative
Translations

Etymology 2

From chat (louse) +? -y.

Adjective

chatty (comparative chattier, superlative chattiest)

  1. (Britain, Australia, New Zealand, dated or dialect) Infested with lice; or, (figuratively) dirty, worn or of poor quality; lousy.
    • 2014, Ian Robson, “Fenham residents campaign against plans to replace wall with wooden fence”, The Chronicle:
      Now there are plans to put up a cheap and chatty wooden fence which will not provide anything like the security the old wall did and it will not have the same character.

Etymology 3

Noun

chatty (plural chatties)

  1. Alternative form of chattee (Indian clay pot)

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workaday

English

Alternative forms

  • workyday (obsolete)

Etymology

Circa 1200, Middle English werkedei, from Old Norse virkr dagr (working day). Cognate to later workday; see work and day. Used in adjective sense from 16th century. Note that the surface analysis work +? a +? day is cognate, but not the correct etymology – a much older formation.

Adjective

workaday (comparative more workaday, superlative most workaday)

  1. Suitable for everyday use.
  2. Mundane or commonplace.

Quotations

  • 1916, Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, James Joyce, Macmillan Press Ltd, paperback, p. 102:
    A retreat, my dear boys, signifies a withdrawal for a while from the cares of our life, the cares of this workaday world, in order to examine the state of our conscience, to reflect on the mysteries of holy religion and to understand better why we are here in this world."

Related terms

  • workday

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