Quotidian

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Quotidian \Quo*tid"i*an\ (kw[-o]*t[i^]d"[i^]*an), n.
     Anything returning daily; especially (Med.), an intermittent
     fever or ague which returns every day. --Milton.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Quotidian \Quo*tid"i*an\ (kw[-o]*t[i^]d"[i^]*an), a. [OE.
     cotidian, L. quotidianus, fr. quotidie daily; quotus how many
     + dies day: cf. OF. cotidien, F. quotidien. See {Quota},
     {Deity}.]
     Occurring or returning daily; as, a quotidian fever.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  quotidian
       adj : 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 [syn: {everyday}, {mundane},
              {routine}, {unremarkable}, {workaday}]