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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"
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
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