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quotidian

/kwə(ʊ)ˈtɪdɪən/ adjective

In Latin: quotīdiānus, cōtīdiānus Wiktionary

adjective Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about quotidian at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

  1. Found in the ordinary course of events.
    a placid everyday scene

Origin

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”).

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