well-day

noun

: a day characterized by one's freedom from sickness

the victim of a slight, ramshackly physique … never knowing a well-day

—V. L. Parrington

specifically : one free from attacks of a recurrent disorder

repeated cold and hot fits … with one or more well-days between them

—Michael Underwood

Word History

First Known Use

1631, in the meaning defined above

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