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The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

mun·dane / ˌmənˈdān/ • adj. 1. lacking interest or excitement; dull: seeking a way out of his mundane, humdrum existence. 2. of this earthly world rather than a heavenly or spiritual one: according to the Shinto doctrine, spirits of the dead can act upon the mundane world. ∎ of, relating to, or denoting the branch of astrology that deals with political, social, economic, and geophysical events and processes. DERIVATIVES: mun·dane·ly adv. mun·dane·ness n. mun·dan·i·ty / -ˈdānətē/ n. (pl. -ties) .

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mundane

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

mundane worldly, earthly XV; cosmic XVII. orig. mondaine — (O)F. mondain — late L. mundānus, f. mundus world, (earlier) universe of celestial bodies, spec. use of mundus personal adornment, after Gr. kósmos (see COSMOS). Later assim. to L. (see -ANE1).

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mundane

A Dictionary of Buddhism | 2004 | | Copyright

mundane. See Laukika.

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mundane

Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

mundane •abstain, appertain, arcane, arraign, ascertain, attain, Bahrain, bane, blain, brain, Braine, Cain, Caine, campaign, cane, chain, champagne, champaign, Champlain, Charmaine, chicane, chow mein, cocaine, Coleraine, Coltrane, complain, constrain, contain, crane, Dane, deign, demesne, demi-mondaine, detain, disdain, domain, domaine, drain, Duane, Dwane, Elaine, entertain, entrain, explain, fain, fane, feign, gain, Germaine, germane, grain, humane, Hussein, inane, Jain, Jane, Jermaine, Kane, La Fontaine, lain, lane, legerdemain, Lorraine, main, Maine, maintain, mane, mise en scène, Montaigne, moraine, mundane, obtain, ordain, pain, Paine, pane, pertain, plain, plane, Port-of-Spain, profane, rain, Raine, refrain, reign, rein, retain, romaine, sane, Seine, Shane, Sinn Fein, skein, slain, Spain, Spillane, sprain, stain, strain, sustain, swain, terrain, thane, train, twain, Ujjain, Ukraine, underlain, urbane, vain, vane, vein, Verlaine, vicereine, wain, wane, Wayne •watch chain • mondaine • Haldane •ultramundane • Cellophane •novocaine • sugar cane • marocain

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