Monday-morningadj.

Brit.

/ˌmʌndeɪ ˈmɔːnɪŋ/,

/ˌmʌndɪ ˈmɔːnɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˌmənˌdeɪ ˈmɔrnɪŋ/,

/ˌməndi ˈmɔrnɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: Monday n., morning n.

Etymology: < Monday n. + morning n.

Suggestive of lethargy or disinclination after a busy or eventful weekend.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > [adjective] > of feelings, qualities, etc.

rheumatica1627

lethargine1656

lethargean1659

lethargical1661

vigourless1759

lethargized1817

Monday-morning1921

1921 D. H. Lawrence Sea & Sardinia 261 The rather inert, narrow, Monday-morning street.

1938 R. G. Collingwood Princ. Art v. 95 I get back to my book with that Monday-morning feeling.

1983 D. Rowe Depression i. 2 Saying that you are depressed..can mean to another person no more than the Monday morning blues.

Compounds

Monday-morning quarterback n. chiefly North American (originally U.S.) a person (esp. a journalist) who engages in ‘post-mortem’ analysis of a game; a person who assumes wisdom after the event; cf. quarterback n. 2b.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > sport > broadcasting > [noun] > broadcaster > engaging in retrospective analysis

Monday-morning quarterback1930

1930 Macon (Georgia) Tel. 11 Jan. 8/4 (heading) Analytical Prognostications on the Big Games of Saturday by Nitt Witt, Famous Monday Morning Quarterback and Unanimous Choice For All-American Pullman Team of 1929.

1932 B. Wood What Price Football vi. 100 A kind of sportswriter known to football players and coaches as a ‘Monday morning quarterback’... Not content with reporting the game..the writer must analyze it.

1986 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 21 June (Weekend Suppl.) 3/5 Maybe if they had gotten their due, we wouldn't have all this terrorism and the horrible mess in Lebanon. But sitting here in this chair, looking back across the years, I guess it's easy to be a Monday-morning quarterback.

Monday-morning quarterbacking n. chiefly North American (originally U.S.) the action of a Monday-morning quarterback; cf. quarterbacking n.

ΚΠ

1946 N.Y. Times 16 Jan. 16/6 Mr. McHale, attacking ‘all the Monday morning quarterbacking’ on veterans' problems, said inadequate planning was responsible for the present lack of housing.

1977 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 13 Oct. 14/3 Despite President Ford's admonition against ‘Monday morning quarterbacking’ about presidential responsibility for assassination plots, Rockefeller has said..that there was ‘White House knowledge and/or approval of all major undertakings’.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	monday-morning
释义	Monday-morningadj. Brit. /ˌmʌndeɪ ˈmɔːnɪŋ/, /ˌmʌndɪ ˈmɔːnɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌmənˌdeɪ ˈmɔrnɪŋ/, /ˌməndi ˈmɔrnɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: Monday n., morning n. Etymology: < Monday n. + morning n. Suggestive of lethargy or disinclination after a busy or eventful weekend. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > [adjective] > of feelings, qualities, etc. rheumatica1627 lethargine1656 lethargean1659 lethargical1661 vigourless1759 lethargized1817 Monday-morning1921 1921 D. H. Lawrence Sea & Sardinia 261 The rather inert, narrow, Monday-morning street. 1938 R. G. Collingwood Princ. Art v. 95 I get back to my book with that Monday-morning feeling. 1983 D. Rowe Depression i. 2 Saying that you are depressed..can mean to another person no more than the Monday morning blues. Compounds Monday-morning quarterback n. chiefly North American (originally U.S.) a person (esp. a journalist) who engages in ‘post-mortem’ analysis of a game; a person who assumes wisdom after the event; cf. quarterback n. 2b. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > broadcasting > [noun] > broadcaster > engaging in retrospective analysis Monday-morning quarterback1930 1930 Macon (Georgia) Tel. 11 Jan. 8/4 (heading) Analytical Prognostications on the Big Games of Saturday by Nitt Witt, Famous Monday Morning Quarterback and Unanimous Choice For All-American Pullman Team of 1929. 1932 B. Wood What Price Football vi. 100 A kind of sportswriter known to football players and coaches as a ‘Monday morning quarterback’... Not content with reporting the game..the writer must analyze it. 1986 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 21 June (Weekend Suppl.) 3/5 Maybe if they had gotten their due, we wouldn't have all this terrorism and the horrible mess in Lebanon. But sitting here in this chair, looking back across the years, I guess it's easy to be a Monday-morning quarterback. Monday-morning quarterbacking n. chiefly North American (originally U.S.) the action of a Monday-morning quarterback; cf. quarterbacking n. ΚΠ 1946 N.Y. Times 16 Jan. 16/6 Mr. McHale, attacking ‘all the Monday morning quarterbacking’ on veterans' problems, said inadequate planning was responsible for the present lack of housing. 1977 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 13 Oct. 14/3 Despite President Ford's admonition against ‘Monday morning quarterbacking’ about presidential responsibility for assassination plots, Rockefeller has said..that there was ‘White House knowledge and/or approval of all major undertakings’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1921
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