Word of the Day 9.7.9

mundane

mun·dane (mn-dn, mndn)

adj.

1. Of, relating to, or typical of this world; secular.

2. Relating to, characteristic of, or concerned with commonplaces; ordinary.


[Middle English mondeine, from Old French mondain, from Latin mundnus, from mundus, world.]


mun·danely adv.

mun·daneness, mun·dani·ty (-dn-t) n.

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Adj.

1.

mundane – found in the ordinary course of events; “a placid everyday scene”; “it was a routine day”; “there’s nothing quite like a real…train conductor to add color to a quotidian commute”- Anita Diamant

ordinary – not exceptional in any way especially in quality or ability or size or degree; “ordinary everyday objects”; “ordinary decency”; “an ordinary day”; “an ordinary wine”

2.

mundane – concerned with the world or worldly matters; “mundane affairs”; “he developed an immense terrestrial practicality”

worldly, secular, temporal – characteristic of or devoted to the temporal world as opposed to the spiritual world; “worldly goods and advancement”; “temporal possessions of the church”

3.

mundane – belonging to this earth or world; not ideal or heavenly; “not a fairy palace; yet a mundane wonder of unimagined kind”; “so terrene a being as himself”

earthly – of or belonging to or characteristic of this earth as distinguished from heaven; “earthly beings”; “believed that our earthly life is all that matters”; “earthly love”; “our earthly home”

Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2008 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.

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