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quo⋅tid⋅i⋅an

  [kwoh-tid-ee-uhn]
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–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(ē) every day (adv.) (*quot(t)ī a locative form akin to quot however many occur, every + diē, abl. of diēs day; cf. meridian ) + -ānus -an; r. ME cotidien < OF < L, as above

Related forms:
quo⋅tid⋅i⋅an⋅ly, adverb
quo⋅tid⋅i⋅an⋅ness, noun
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quo·tid·i·an   (kwō-tĭd'ē-ən)   
adj.  
  1. Everyday; commonplace: "There's nothing quite like a real . . . train conductor to add color to a quotidian commute" (Anita Diamant).
  2. 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 kwo- in Indo-European roots + diē, ablative of diēs, day; see dyeu- in Indo-European roots.]
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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.

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

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