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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. adj. Everyday; commonplace: "There's nothing quite like a real . . . train conductor to add color to a quotidian commute” ( Anita Diamant).
  2. adj. Recurring daily. Used especially of attacks of malaria.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. Daily; occurring or returning daily: as, a quotidian fever.
  2. n. Something that returns or is expected every day; specifically, in medicine, a fever whose paroxysms return every day.
  3. n. A cleric or church officer who does daily duty.
  4. n. Payment given for such duty.

Wiktionary

  1. adj. daily; occurring or recurring every day.
  2. adj. common, ordinary, trivial.
  3. n. A quotiodian, daily thing
  4. n. An intermittent fever or ague which returns every day.
  5. n. In art criticism, art work referencing mundane aspects of everyday life, or something that is a very temporary phenomenon that will date the work.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. adj. Occurring or returning daily.
  2. n. Anything returning daily; especially (Med.), an intermittent fever or ague which returns every day.

WordNet 3.0

  1. adj. found in the ordinary course of events

Etymologies

  1. Middle English cotidien, from Old French, from Latin quōtīdiānus, from quōtīdiē, each day : quot, how many, as many as; see kwo- in Indo-European roots + diē, ablative of diēs, day; see dyeu- in Indo-European roots.

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  • nycanthro There's a bakery/restaurant near my campus with decent coffee and overpriced, delicious pastries and breads called Le Pain Quotidien, which, of course is from the French meaning "daily beating." Reminds me of my childhood in the 1980's New York City school system. Mar 2, 2009
  • scete Beauty is not quotidian, it is a rare delight Dec 4, 2008
  • tree i love that in medicine it denotes the malignant form of malaria. so it's everyday stuff or DEATHLY MOSQUITO BITES. May 8, 2008
  • reesetee Wow, I haven't thought of that in years. But you're right--it is like an earworm.

    Oh, great.... Nov 11, 2007
  • chained_bear Every time I see this word go by on the front page--which is kinda frequently--I start reciting the Lord's Prayer in Latin: "Pater noster, qui es in caelis, sanctificetur nomen tuum, adveniat regnum tuum, sicut in caelo et in terra. Panem nostrum quotidianum da nobis hodie, et dimite nobis debita nostra, et dimitimus debitoribus nostrus, et ne nos inducas in tentationem, sed libera nos a malo, Amen."

    I have no idea if any of that is right (it's been quite a while). But "quotidian" definitely makes me recite the last part in my head. And then I get kinda mad because I don't really remember it that well. It's like an earworm, but you don't know all the words. Aaagh! Nov 11, 2007
  • abraxaszugzwang Dude, quotato's awesome. No worries. Jan 21, 2007
  • quotato Oh no! My wordie name is quotato---sounds like word quotidian Dec 4, 2006

‘quotidian’ has been looked up 3190 times, loved by 33 people, added to 210 lists, commented on 8 times, and has a Scrabble score of 19.