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   quotidian

   /kwɒˈtɪdɪən/

   adjective

   • 1. of or occurring every day; daily: "the car sped noisily off through the quotidian traffic"
   • ▪ ordinary or everyday; mundane: "his story is an achingly human one, mired in quotidian details" Similar dailyeverydayoccurring each/every dayday-to-dayrare:diurnalcircadianordinaryaveragenormalrun-of-the-milleverydaystandardtypicalmiddle-of-the-roadcommonconventionalmainstreamunremarkableunexceptionalunpretentiousmodestplainsimpleworkadayundistinguishednondescriptcharacterlesscolourlesscommonplacehumdrummundaneunmemorablepedestrianprosaicuninterestinguneventfuldullboringuninspiringhomelyhomespuncommon or gardengarden-varietyinformal:OKso-sobog-standardnothing to write home abouta dime a dozenno great shakesnot up to muchorneryOpposite unusualexciting
   • 2. denoting the malignant form of malaria.

   Word Origin Middle English: via Old French from Latin quotidianus, earlier cotidianus, from cotidie ‘daily’.

   Scrabble Points: 19

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