quotidian

quo·tid·i·an

adj \kwō-ˈti-dē-ən\

Definition of QUOTIDIAN

1

: occurring every day <quotidian fever>

2

a : belonging to each day : everyday <quotidian routine> b : commonplace, ordinary <quotidian drabness>

— quotidian noun

Examples of QUOTIDIAN

1. <not content with the quotidian quarrels that other couples had, they had rows that shook the entire neighborhood>
2. <plagued by a quotidian coughing fit, the result of years of smoking>

Origin of QUOTIDIAN

Middle English cotidian, from Anglo-French, from Latin quotidianus, cotidianus, from quotidie every day, from quot (as) many as + dies day — more at deity

First Known Use: 14th century

Related to QUOTIDIAN

Synonyms: common or garden [chiefly British], commonplace, everyday, familiar, frequent, garden-variety, household, ordinary, common, routine, ubiquitous, usual

Antonyms: extraordinary, infrequent, rare, seldom, uncommon, unfamiliar, unusual

Related Words: normal, regular, standard; de rigueur, mandatory, obligatory; general, universal; ceaseless, constant, continual, continuous, incessant, unceasing; endemic, popular, prevailing, prevalent, rampant; perennial, recurrent, repeated

Near Antonyms: aberrant, abnormal, irregular, unnatural; intermittent, occasional, sporadic

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Rhymes with QUOTIDIAN

ascidian, Chalcidian, Dravidian, euclidean, Floridian, meridian, obsidian, ophidian, Ovidian, viridian