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alday¹

Where it comes from

Inherited from Middle English alday (“all day”), compound of al + day. Equivalent to all + day.

adverb

  1. archaic, not comparable For the whole day; all day. To ſet the minde on the racke of long meditation (you ſay) is a torment: to follow the ſwift foote of your hound alday long, hath no wearineſſe: what would you ſay of him that finds better game in his ſtudie, then you in the fielde, and would account your diſport his puniſhment? ſuch there are, thou

Alday²

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Spanish Alday, a Castilianized habitational surname from Basque Aldai.

proper noun Aldays

  1. A surname.

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"alday." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/alday. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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alday. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/alday

Chicago

"alday." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/alday.

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@misc{alday_2026,
  title = {alday},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/alday},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}