Word of the Day 7.6.08
quo·tid·i·an (kw
-t
d
-
n)
adj.
1. Everyday; commonplace: “There’s nothing quite like a real . . . train conductor to add color to a quotidian commute” Anita Diamant.
2. Recurring daily. Used especially of attacks of malaria.
[Middle English cotidien, from Old French, from Latin qut
di
nus, from qutdi, each day : quot, how many, as many as; see kwo- in Indo-European roots + di, ablative of dis, day; see dyeu- in Indo-European roots.]
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