quotidian
Plural: quotidians
Adjective Satellite
- found in the ordinary course of events; ; ; - Anita Diamant
- "there's nothing quite like a real...train conductor to add color to a quotidian commute"
Adj
- Happening every day; daily.
- Having the characteristics of something which can be seen, experienced, etc, every day or very commonly.
- Recurring every twenty-four hours or (more generally) daily (of symptoms, etc).
- Something which is considered humdrum or dull.
Noun
- A fever which recurs every day; quotidian malaria.
- A daily allowance formerly paid to certain members of the clergy.
- Commonplace or mundane things regarded as a class.
Origin / Etymology
From Anglo-Norman cotidian, cotidien, Middle French cotidian, cotidien, and their source, Latin cottīdiānus, quōtīdiānus (“happening every day”), from adverb cottīdiē, quōtīdiē (“every day, daily”), from an unattested adjective derived from quot (“how many”) + locative form of diēs (“day”).
Synonyms
everyday, mundane, routine, unremarkable, workaday, boring, circadian, commonplace, diurnal, dull, normal, ordinary, unsatisfying, unstimulating
Scrabble Score: 19
quotidian: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordquotidian: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
quotidian: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary