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Meaning of QUOTIDIAN

Pronunciation:  kwow'tideeun

WordNet Dictionary
 
 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
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \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.
    
  2. \Quo*tid"i*an\, n.
    Anything returning daily; especially (Med.), an intermittent
    fever or ague which returns every day. --Milton.
    
 

 

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