quotidian

quo·tid·i·an  (kw-td-n)

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.

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[Middle English cotidien, from Old French, from Latin qutdinus, from qutdi, each day : quot, how many, as many as; see k^wo- in Indo-European roots + di, ablative of dis, day; see dyeu- in Indo-European roots.]

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quotidian

Adjective

1. daily

2. Literary commonplace

3. (esp. of fever) recurring daily [Latin quotidianus]

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

quotidian - found in the ordinary course of events; "a placid everyday scene"; "it was a routine day"; "there's nothing quite like a real...train conductor to add color to a quotidian commute"- Anita Diamant everyday, mundane, routine, unremarkable, workaday ordinary - not exceptional in any way especially in quality or ability or size or degree; "ordinary everyday objects"; "ordinary decency"; "an ordinary day"; "an ordinary wine"