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quo·tid·i·an

Audio Help [kwoh-tid-ee-uh

–adjective

1.	daily: a quotidian report.

2.	usual or customary; everyday: quotidian needs.

3.	ordinary; commonplace: paintings of no more than quotidian artistry.

4.	(of a fever, ague, etc.) characterized by paroxysms that recur daily.

–noun

5.	something recurring daily.

6.	a quotidian fever or ague.

[Origin: 1300–50; < L quotīdiānus, cottīdiānus daily, equiv. to cottīdi(é) every day (adv.) (*quot(t)ī a locative form akin to quot however many occur, every + dié, abl. of diés day; cf. meridian) + -ānus -an; r. ME cotidien < OF < L, as above

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—Related forms

quo·tid·i·an·ly, adverb

quo·tid·i·an·ness, noun

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quo·tid·i·an Audio Help (kwō-tĭd'ē-ən) Pronunciation Key
adj.

Everyday; commonplace: "There's nothing quite like a real . . . train conductor to add color to a quotidian commute" (Anita Diamant).
Recurring daily. Used especially of attacks of malaria.

[Middle English cotidien, from Old French, from Latin quōtīdiānus, from quōtīdiē, each day : quot, how many, as many as; see k^wo- in Indo-European roots + diē, ablative of diēs, day; see dyeu- in Indo-European roots.]

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quotidian

1340, "everyday, daily," from L. quotidianus "daily," from L. quotus "how many, which in order or number" + dies "day" (see diurnal).

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quotidian
adjective
found in the ordinary course of events; "a placid everyday scene"; "it was a routine day"; "there's nothing quite like a real...train conductor to add color to a quotidian commute"- Anita Diamant [syn: everyday]

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quo·tid·i·an (kw-td-n)
adj.

Recurring daily. Used especially of attacks of malaria.

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Main Entry: ²quotidian
Function: noun
: something that occurs each day (as an intermittent fever)

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Main Entry: ¹quo·tid·i·an
Pronunciation: kwO-'tid-E-&n
Function: adjective
: occurring every day <quotidian fever>

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Quotidian

Quo*tid"i*an\, a. [OE. cotidian, L. quotidianus, fr. quotidie daily; quotus how many + dies day: cf. OF. cotidien, F. quotidien. See Quota, Deity.] Occurring or returning daily; as, a quotidian fever.

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Quotidian

Quo*tid"i*an\, n. Anything returning daily; especially (Med.), an intermittent fever or ague which returns every day. --Milton.

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quotidian

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