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quotidian
[ kwoh-tid-ee-uhn ]
adjective
- occurring as part of the normal or expected order of things; usual or customary; everyday:
Her biographer delved into the most routine and quotidian parts of her life to paint a fuller picture of his subject.
- of no special quality or interest; ordinary; commonplace:
His paintings are pleasant to look at, but show nothing more than quotidian talent.
- done, happening, or given daily:
We recommend quotidian dialysis for the patient.
- (of a fever or disease) characterized by the recurring daily intensification of symptoms:
Malarial fevers tend to be quotidian, with daily attacks lasting up to 12 hours before abating.
noun
- something that is characteristic of everyday life:
Their writing focuses on the quotidian and mundane.
It's easy to get stuck in the quotidian and forget to try new things.
- Archaic. a fever or disease characterized by the recurring daily intensification of symptoms.
quotidian
/ kwəʊˈtɪdɪən /
adjective
- (esp of attacks of malarial fever) recurring daily
- everyday; commonplace
noun
- a malarial fever characterized by attacks that recur daily
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Other Words From
- quo·tidi·an·ly adverb
- quo·tidi·an·ness noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of quotidian1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of quotidian1
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Example Sentences
To read their letters is a similar exercise, even when the correspondence regards only quotidian matters.
Videos uploaded by some mothers and fathers are less of a reach out than a simple continuation of their quotidian Internet habits.
We Think Alone feels at first somehow too quotidian and mundane, wholly un-artlike.
The other extreme is “rooted in very quiet, quotidian, perhaps more conventionally Japanese forms of narrative.”
Creator Matthew Weiner wants to ensure that even the most quotidian of details about the plot remain concealed.
Time moved for you not in quotidian beats, But in the long slow rhythm the ages keep In their immortal symphony.
It might be that the fever was not quotidian, but tertian, and that it would return next day.
Had a quotidian intermittent, which was removed by the humane assistance of an amiable young lady.
For our quotidian difficulties his example promises no solution.
In the end, loss of eternal truths was more than compensated for in the accession of quotidian facts.
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