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Quotidian

//kwoʊˈtɪdiən// adj, noun

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Happening every day; daily.

    "I know that the government's daily idea to solve the country's law and order problem is not meant to be taken too seriously, but every now and again I am moved to raise an eyebrow at the quotidian suggestion."

  2. 2
    Having the characteristics of something which can be seen, experienced, etc, every day or very commonly.

    "The story or the painting would serve to connect the part with the whole, the event with the myth, the quotidian with the sacred."

  3. 3
    Recurring every twenty-four hours or (more generally) daily (of symptoms, etc).

    "Quotidian periodicity we find in greater or less degree in nearly all fevers, particularly in fevers associated with suppuration."

  4. 4
    Something which is considered humdrum or dull.

    "His life took on a quotidian humdrum."

Adjective
  1. 1
    found in the ordinary course of events wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    A fever which recurs every day; quotidian malaria. archaic, historical

    "If I could meet that Fancie-monger, I would giue him some good counsel, for he seemes to haue the Quotidian of Loue vpon him."

  2. 2
    A daily allowance formerly paid to certain members of the clergy. historical
  3. 3
    Commonplace or mundane things regarded as a class. usually, with-definite-article

    "More than opposable thumbs and the invention of the flinthead axe, it was our ability to transcend the quotidian by weaving tales of awe and wonder that set us apart from the beasts."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Anglo-Norman cotidian, cotidien, Middle French cotidian, cotidien, and their source, Latin cottīdiānus, quōtīdiānus (“happening every day”), from adverb cottīdiē, quōtīdiē (“every day, daily”), from an unattested adjective derived from quot (“how many”) + locative form of diēs (“day”).

Etymology 2

From Anglo-Norman cotidian, cotidien, Middle French cotidian, cotidien, and their source, Latin cottīdiānus, quōtīdiānus (“happening every day”), from adverb cottīdiē, quōtīdiē (“every day, daily”), from an unattested adjective derived from quot (“how many”) + locative form of diēs (“day”).

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