Mundane
adj, noun, slang ·Common ·Middle school level
Definitions
- 1 An unremarkable, ordinary human being.
- 2 A person considered to be "normal", part of the mainstream culture, outside the subculture, not part of the elite group. derogatory, slang
"THE LIVERPOOL PARTY at Pat and Frank Milnes’ celebrated both the Gunpowder Plot and the Liverpool Club’s 400th and something meeting. Two mundane and non-fan friends of the hosts - women, too - played brag all night and Norman Weedall disappeared at 3 a.m."
- 3 A person who is not a Satanist. derogatory
- 4 The world outside fandom; the normal, mainstream world. slang
"Long famed in fandom, Mr. Bloch skyrocketed to prominence in the mundane when his autobiographical novel, PSYCHO, was made into a hit motion picture."
- 1 Worldly, earthly, profane, vulgar as opposed to heavenly.
- 2 Pertaining to the Universe, cosmos or physical reality, as opposed to the spiritual world.
"Amongst mundane bodies, six there are that do perpetually move, and they are the six Planets; of the rest, that is, of the Earth, Sun, and fixed Stars, it is disputable which of them moveth, and which stands still."
- 3 Ordinary; not new.
- 4 Tedious; repetitive and boring.
- 1 belonging to this earth or world; not ideal or heavenly wordnet
- 2 found in the ordinary course of events wordnet
- 3 concerned with the world or worldly matters wordnet
Example
More examples"Oh, but that is a mundane matter!"
Etymology
From Middle English mondeyne, from Old French mondain, from Late Latin mundanus, from Latin mundus (“world”). Compare Danish mondæn.
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