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metaquotidian

adj

Etymology

Blend of metaphysical + quotidian or meta- + quotidian

  1. derived from cottīdiānus
  2. derived from cotidian
  3. derived from cotidian
  4. compounded as metaquotidian — “metaphysical + quotidian”

Definitions

  1. Arising from and transcending everyday objects or practices

    Arising from and transcending everyday objects or practices; pertaining to the deeper meaning to be found in the ordinary.

    • We live in the wind-chill, The what-if and what-was-not, The blown and sour dust of just after or just before, The metaquotidian landscape of soft edge and abyss.
    • But in every instance the commonplace thing is transformed by metaphor, the figure that moves the object toward the metaquotidian.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA