quotidian

[ kwoh-tid-ee-uhn ]

/ kwoʊˈtɪd i ən /

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adjective

daily: a quotidian report.

usual or customary; everyday: quotidian needs.

ordinary; commonplace: paintings of no more than quotidian artistry.

(of a fever, ague, etc.) characterized by paroxysms that recur daily.

noun

something recurring daily.

a quotidian fever or ague.

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Origin of quotidian

1300–50; <Latin quotīdiānus, cottīdiānus daily, equivalent to cottīdi(ē) every day (adv.) (*quot(t)ī a locative form akin to quot however many occur, every + diē, ablative of diēs day; cf. meridian) + -ānus-an; replacing Middle English cotidien<Old French <Latin, as above

OTHER WORDS FROM quotidian

quo·tid·i·an·ly, adverbquo·tid·i·an·ness, noun

Words nearby quotidian

quote-unquote, quoteworthy, quoth, quotha, quotid., quotidian, quotient, quotient group, quotient ring, quotient space, quo vadis

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How to use quotidian in a sentence

Outlets that produce modern paragraph-style recipes lean away from this parental instinct, instead acknowledging the independence of home cooks and the quotidian realities that prevent them from prioritizing cooking.
Before No-Recipe Cooking, There Was Mrs. Levy|Nick Mancall-Bitel|February 19, 2021|Eater
To read their letters is a similar exercise, even when the correspondence regards only quotidian matters.
This Week’s Hot Reads: April 28, 2014|Nicholas Mancusi|April 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Videos uploaded by some mothers and fathers are less of a reach out than a simple continuation of their quotidian Internet habits.
Parents of Stillborn Babies Post Hundreds of Memorials to YouTube|Brandy Zadrozny|November 4, 2013|DAILY BEAST
We Think Alone feels at first somehow too quotidian and mundane, wholly un-artlike.
Miranda July on ‘We Think Alone,’ Her New Email Project|Isabel Wilkinson|July 2, 2013|DAILY BEAST

The other extreme is “rooted in very quiet, quotidian, perhaps more conventionally Japanese forms of narrative.”
How Good Is Murakami?|Rob Verger|June 24, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Creator Matthew Weiner wants to ensure that even the most quotidian of details about the plot remain concealed.
‘Mad Men’ Season 6 Review: Triumphant, Lyrical, and Way Existential|Jace Lacob|April 3, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Time moved for you not in quotidian beats, But in the long slow rhythm the ages keep In their immortal symphony.
The Burning Wheel|Aldous Huxley
It might be that the fever was not quotidian, but tertian, and that it would return next day.
The Secret of the Island|W.H.G. Kingston (translation from Jules Verne)
Had a quotidian intermittent, which was removed by the humane assistance of an amiable young lady.
An Account of the Foxglove and some of its Medical Uses|William Withering
For our quotidian difficulties his example promises no solution.
Prophets of Dissent|Otto Heller
In the end, loss of eternal truths was more than compensated for in the accession of quotidian facts.
Reconstruction in Philosophy|John Dewey

British Dictionary definitions for quotidian

quotidian

/ (kwəʊˈtɪdɪən) /

adjective

(esp of attacks of malarial fever) recurring daily

everyday; commonplace

noun

a malarial fever characterized by attacks that recur daily

Word Origin for quotidian

C14: from Latin quotīdiānus, variant of cottīdiānus daily

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Medical definitions for quotidian

quotidian

[ kwō-tĭd′ē-ən ]

adj.

Recurring daily. Used especially of attacks of malaria.

quotidian

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British Dictionary definitions for quotidian

adjective

noun

Word Origin for quotidian

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adj.