English Explanatory Dictionary

quotidian

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Happening every day; daily.
  2. Having the characteristics of something which can be seen, experienced, etc, every day or very commonly.
  3. Recurring every twenty-four hours or (more generally) daily (of symptoms, etc).
  4. Something which is considered humdrum or dull.
noun
  1. A fever which recurs every day; quotidian malaria.
  2. A daily allowance formerly paid to certain members of the clergy.
  3. Commonplace or mundane things regarded as a class.

Pronunciation

/kwə(ʊ)ˈtɪdɪən/ /kwoʊˈtɪdiən/ en-us-quotidian.ogg

Word forms

quotidian more quotidian most quotidian quotidians

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”).

Synonyms

circadian diurnal daily hemeral nychthemeral per diem quotidian commonplace everyday mundane normal ordinary average basic bog-standard common common as bums common as dirt common as muck common as pig tracks dime a dozen frequent general habitual nonrare par for the course pedestrian plain regular routinary routine ten a penny two a penny usual workaday medial common-and-garden common-or-garden congruent consistent conventional customary expected garden variety improminent natural plain vanilla run-of-the-mill standard standard issue typical unexceptional unremarkable unstrange vulgar wakeaday boring dull unsatisfying unstimulating

Related words

practical secular worldly

Derived words

metaquotidian quotidianly quotidianness
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