Wednesday, adj. 1. Of or pertaining to the hinge of a week; the day that folds in half and holds. 2. (Med.) A room where fathers sit in chairs designed for no one's body, reading pamphlets they've already memorized, one hand resting on a small knee. 3. (Archit.) The load-bearing wall between what you do for money and what you'd do for free. 4. (Meteorol.) Few clouds. Light adequate for driving. No excuse not to show up. 5. (Obs.) From the Old English Wōdnesdæg, day of the god who traded an eye for the ability to see everything.