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n
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.
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Quotidian
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Origin:
1300–50; < Latin quotīdiānus, cottīdiānus daily, equivalent to cottīdi(ē) every day (adv.) (*quot(t)ī a locative form akin to quot however many occur, every + diē, ablative of diēs day; compare meridian) + -ānus -an; replacing Middle English cotidien < Old French < Latin, as above
1300–50; < Latin quotīdiānus, cottīdiānus daily, equivalent to cottīdi(ē) every day (adv.) (*quot(t)ī a locative form akin to quot however many occur, every + diē, ablative of diēs day; compare meridian) + -ānus -an; replacing Middle English cotidien < Old French < Latin, as above
Related forms
quo·tid·i·an·ly, adverb
quo·tid·i·an·ness, noun
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Example Sentences
- Books make us adulterers of the quotidian.
- This brief work shifts the emphasis toward the concrete and quotidian.
- The book opens with a profound essay sparked by the quotidian exercise of cleaning the refrigerator.
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Word Origin & History
quotidian
mid-14c., "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 quo·tid·i·an (kwō-tĭd'ē-ən)
adj.
Recurring daily. Used especially of attacks of malaria.
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