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The definition of quotidian is something boring, mundane or occurring every day.

(adjective)

Your typical daily trek to work where absolutely nothing interesting ever happens is an example of something that would be described as a quotidian trek.

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adjective

daily; recurring every day
everyday; usual or ordinary

Origin: ME cotidian < OFr < L quotidianus < quotidie, daily < quot, as many as (for IE base see quote) + dies, day

noun

anything, esp. a fever, that recurs daily

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adjective

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.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English cotidien

Origin: , from Old French

Origin: , from Latin quōtīdiānus

Origin: , from quōtīdiē, each day

Origin: : quot, how many, as many as; see k^wo- in Indo-European roots

Origin: + diē

Origin: , ablative of diēs, day; see dyeu- in Indo-European roots

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