quotidian
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views updated Jun 11 2018quo·tid·i·an / kwōˈtidēən/ • adj. of or occurring every day; daily: the car sped noisily off through the quotidian traffic. ∎ ordinary or everyday, esp. when mundane: his story is an achingly human one, mired in quotidian details. ∎ Med. denoting the malignant form of malaria.
The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
quotidian
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views updated May 14 2018quotidian daily, spec. of a fever recurring every day. XIV. ME.
cotidien,
-ian,
quot-, orig. — OF.
cotidien (mod.
quotidien); early assim. to L.
quotīdiānus, earlier
cott-,
cōtīdīanus, f.
cott-,
cōtīdiē (quot-) every day, f. base of
quotus (see
QUOTA) +
diēs day; see
-IAN.
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology T. F. HOAD
quotidian
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views updated Jun 11 2018quotidian (kwoh-tid-iăn) adj. occurring daily, as in the case of some intermittent fevers.
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