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quotidian Definition

quo·tid·ian (kwō tidē ən)

adjective

  1. daily; recurring every day
  2. everyday; usual or ordinary

Etymology: 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

quotidian Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • life: The rules of quotidian face-to-face life are suspended or even inverted in a carnivalesque of norms.
  • reality: There seems an almost religious awe in the face of quotidian reality.
  • world: Any attempt at an authentic translation of an Euripidean vision is consistently obscured by the quotidian world of Irish sexual politics.
  • experience: Indeed, the hurrying first movement, ' Moving On ' , seems to sum up the quality of most people's quotidian experience!
  • event: But it is the description of quotidian events that sheds light on how the people lived.

Modifying Another Word

fairly: Irrespective of the intentionality of such a happening, the fact is such occurrences certainly do take place and on a fairly quotidian basis.

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