QUOTIDIAN

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

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adjective

quotidian (comparative more quotidian, superlative most quotidian)

(medicine) Recurring every twenty-four hours or (more generally) daily (of symptoms, etc). [from 14th c.]

Happening every day; daily. [from 15th c.]

Having the characteristics of something which can be seen, experienced, etc, every day or very commonly; commonplace, ordinary, mundane. [from 15th c.]

Noun

quotidian (plural quotidians)

(medicine, now rare, historical) A fever which recurs every day; quotidian malaria. [from 14th c.]

(Anglicanism, historical) A daily allowance formerly paid to certain members of the clergy. [from 16th c.]

(usually with definite article) Commonplace or mundane things regarded as a class. [from 20th c.]

Source: Wiktionary

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Quo*tid"i*an a. Etym: [OE. cotidian, L. quotidianus, fr. quotidie daily; quotus how many + dies day: cf. OF. cotidien, F. quotidien. See Quota, Deity.]

Definition: Occurring or returning daily; as, a quotidian fever.

Quo*tid"i*an, n.

Definition: Anything returning daily; especially (Med.), an intermittent fever or ague which returns every day. Milton.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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