journeywork

jour·ney·work

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [jur-nee-wurk]
- /ˈdʒɜr niˌwɜrk/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [jur-nee-wurk]
- /ˈdʒɜr niˌwɜrk/

Definitions of journeywork word

noun journeywork the work of a journeyman. 1
noun journeywork necessary, routine, or servile work. 1
noun journeywork (obsolete) Work done by the day. 1
noun journeywork necessary, routine, and menial work 0
noun journeywork the work of a journeyman 0
noun journeywork work of a journeyman 0

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Origin of journeywork

First appearance:

before 1595

One of the 38% oldest English words

1595-1605; journey a day's work (obsolete) + work

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Parts of speech for Journeywork

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Journeywork

journeywork popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 37% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

journeywork usage trend in Literature

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