Meaning of QUOTIDIAN
Pronunciation: | | kwow'tideeun
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| Definition: | | [adj] 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 |
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| Synonyms: | | everyday, mundane, ordinary, routine, unremarkable, workaday |
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\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.
\Quo*tid"i*an\, n.
Anything returning daily; especially (Med.), an intermittent
fever or ague which returns every day. --Milton.
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