mundane, terrene
(adjective) belonging to this earth or world; not ideal or heavenly; “not a fairy palace; yet a mundane wonder of unimagined kind”; “so terrene a being as himself”
everyday, mundane, quotidian, routine, unremarkable, workaday
(adjective) 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
mundane, terrestrial
(adjective) concerned with the world or worldly matters; “mundane affairs”; “he developed an immense terrestrial practicality”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
mundane (comparative mundaner, superlative mundanest)
Worldly, earthly, profane, vulgar as opposed to heavenly.
Synonym: worldly
Antonyms: heavenly, arcane
Pertaining to the Universe, cosmos or physical reality, as opposed to the spiritual world.
Ordinary; not new.
Synonyms: banal, boring, commonplace, everyday, routine, workaday, jejune, pedestrian, Thesaurus:boring, Thesaurus:common
Tedious; repetitive and boring.
Synonym: Thesaurus:boring
mundane (plural mundanes)
An unremarkable, ordinary human being.
(slang, derogatory, in various subcultures) A person considered to be "normal", part of the mainstream culture, outside the subculture, not part of the elite group.
(fandom slang) The world outside fandom; the normal, mainstream world.
(derogatory, satanism) A person not a Satanist.
• (ordinary person): See mundane
• (mainstream person): See mainstreamer
• unnamed
Source: Wiktionary
Mun"dane, a. Etym: [L. mundanus, fr. mundus the world, an implement, toilet adornments, or dress; cf. mundus, a., clean, neat, Skr. mansds to adorn, dress, mansdsa adornment. Cf. Monde, Mound in heraldry.]
Definition: Of or pertaining to the world; worldly; earthly; terrestrial; as, the mundane sphere.
– Mun"dane*ly, adv. The defilement of mundane passions. I. Taylor.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
1 June 2025
(verb) come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect; “Your comments may backfire and cause you a lot of trouble”; “the political movie backlashed on the Democrats”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
