quotidian

Definition

Happening every day; daily.

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”).

Example Sentences

• "I know that the government's daily idea to solve the country's law and order problem is not meant to be taken too seriously, but every now and again I am moved to raise an eyebrow at the quotidian suggestion."
• "The story or the painting would serve to connect the part with the whole, the event with the myth, the quotidian with the sacred."
• "Tragedy demanded verse, not the quotidian prose of comedy, and verse usually supplied some form of end rhyme."

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