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quotidian

adj
/kwə(ʊ)ˈtɪdɪən/UK/kwoʊˈtɪdiən/US

Etymology

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”).

  1. derived from cottīdiānus
  2. derived from cotidian
  3. derived from cotidian

Definitions

  1. Happening every day

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

    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.
    • Tragedy demanded verse, not the quotidian prose of comedy, and verse usually supplied some form of end rhyme.
    • Grids are used for such quotidian items as stationery, business cards, mailing labels, hang tags, instruction manuals, etc.

  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.
    • I regret that the effect of these statements is a denial of the observation of initial quotidian paroxysms following artificial inoculation.
  4. ›+ 4 more definitions

    1. Something which is considered humdrum or dull.

      • His life took on a quotidian humdrum.
      • Their careers, although often high paying, prestigious and meaningful (at least to an outsider looking in), had become boring, quotidian, dull, unstimulating, and repetitive.

    2. A fever which recurs every day

      A fever which recurs every day; quotidian malaria.

      • 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.

    3. A daily allowance formerly paid to certain members of the clergy.

    4. Commonplace or mundane things regarded as a class.

      • 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.
      • She does the same thing as any parent worth their salt, and gets rambunctious youngsters engaged in daily drudgeries by refashioning the quotidian as adventure.

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Derived

metaquotidian, quotidianly, quotidianness

Vish — recursive loop

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