MUNDANE

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

Etymology

Adjective

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

Noun

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.

Synonyms

• (ordinary person): See mundane

• (mainstream person): See mainstreamer

Anagrams

• 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