I. ˈsəndē, -di also -n(ˌ)dā noun
( -s )
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: Middle English sunnenday, sonnenday, sonday, sunday, from Old English sunnandæg; akin to Old Frisian sunnandei Sunday, Old Saxon sunnundag, Old High German sunnūn tag, Old Norse sunnudagr, sunnundagr; all from a prehistoric West Germanic-North Germanic compound formed from components represented by Old English sunne sun and dæg day; translation of Latin dies solis, translation of Greek hēmera hēliou — more at sun , day
1. : the first day of the week regarded by most Christians as a day for rest from secular employments and for public religious worship : the Christian Sabbath kept as a weekly commemoration of the day of Christ's resurrection and as the Christian analogue of the Jewish Sabbath
2. : a newspaper circulated on Sunday
II. adjective
Usage: usually capitalized
1. : of, relating to, or associated with Sunday
2. : best
Sunday manners
his new white Sunday suit — Eudora Welty
3. : engaging in a pursuit only on Sundays or in spare time : amateur , dilettante
Sunday painters multiply — J.D.Adams
got behind a Sunday driver who was poking along admiring the scenery
III. intransitive verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
Usage: usually capitalized
: to spend Sunday : engage in Sunday activities
the religion … is Seventh Day Adventist and you do your Sundaying on Saturday — Julien Hyer