Synonyms for quotidian

Grammar : Adj

Spell : kwoh-tid-ee-uh n

Phonetic Transcription : kwoʊˈtɪd i ən

Définition of quotidian

Origin : mid-14c., "everyday, daily," from Old French cotidian (Modern French quotidien), from Latin quotidianus "daily," from Latin quotus "how many? which in order or number?" (see quote (v.)) + dies "day" (see diurnal). Meaning "ordinary, commonplace, trivial" is from mid-15c.

adj ordinary

Example sentences :

It was wont to be esteemed an ordinary visnomy, a quotidian merely.
Extract from : « The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb » by Charles Lamb

It is a quotidian truth that few before him had the courage or clairvoyancy to enunciate.
Extract from : « Egoists » by James Huneker

Sometimes the fever simulated a quotidian, sometimes a tertian.
Extract from : « A History of Epidemics in Britain, Volume II (of 2) » by Charles Creighton

For our quotidian difficulties his example promises no solution.
Extract from : « Prophets of Dissent » by Otto Heller

It is in this daring to be quotidian and contemporary that his claim to a position in the history of the novel mainly consists.
Extract from : « A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 » by George Saintsbury

Time moved for you not in quotidian beats, But in the long slow rhythm the ages keep In their immortal symphony.
Extract from : « The Burning Wheel » by Aldous Huxley

One of the main objects of literary history is to separate what is quotidian from what is not.
Extract from : « A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 » by George Saintsbury

Yet what novelist has kept his ear so close to quotidian happenings, and with what dignity and charm in his crumbling cadences?
Extract from : « Unicorns » by James Huneker

Had a quotidian intermittent, which was removed by the humane assistance of an amiable young lady.
Extract from : « An Account of the Foxglove and some of its Medical Uses » by William Withering

They live, as a rule, in mediocre circumstances; they are harried by the necessities of quotidian existence.
Extract from : « Egoists » by James Huneker

Antonyms for quotidian

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