Definition of Quotidian

1. Adjective. Found in the ordinary course of events. "There's nothing quite like a real...train conductor to add color to a quotidian commute"

Exact synonyms: Everyday, Mundane, Routine, Unremarkable, Workaday
Similar to: Ordinary
Derivative terms: Everydayness, Mundaneness, Mundanity

Definition of Quotidian

1. a. Occurring or returning daily; as, a quotidian fever.

2. n. Anything returning daily; especially (Med.), an intermittent fever or ague which returns every day.

Definition of Quotidian

1. Adjective. (medicine) Recurring every twenty-four hours or (more generally) daily (of symptoms etc.). (defdate from 14th c.) ¹

2. Adjective. Happening every day; daily. (defdate from 15th c.) ¹

3. Adjective. Having the characteristics of something which can be seen, experienced etc. every day or very commonly; commonplace, ordinary; trivial, mundane. (defdate from 15th c.) ¹

4. Noun. (medicine now rare historical) A fever which recurs every day; quotidian malaria. (defdate from 14th c.) ¹

5. Noun. (context: Anglicanism historical) A daily allowance formerly paid to certain members of the clergy. (defdate from 16th c.) ¹

6. Noun. (context: usually with definite article) Commonplace or mundane things regarded as a class. (defdate from 20th c.) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Quotidian

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Medical Definition of Quotidian

1. Anything returning daily; especially, an intermittent fever or ague which returns every day. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Quotidian

quotebook
quotebooks
quoted
quotee
quotees
quotemark
quotemarks
quoter
quoters
quotes
quotest
quoteth
quoteworthy
quoth
quotha
quotidian (current term)
quotidian fever
quotidian malaria
quotidianly
quotidians
quotient
quotient-space
quotient space
quotient spaces
quotient verdict
quotients
quoties opus sit
quotiety
quoting
quotinoctian

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