quotidian

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 quōtīdiānus, from quōtīdiē, each day : quot, how many, as many as + diē, ablative of diēs, day.]

The New York Times reported on a randomly chosen AOL user whose Internet searches were suddenly made public. Some of them were quotidian — ordinary, not unique — but personal nonetheless:

"Her searches are a catalog of intentions, curiosity, anxieties and quotidian questions. There was the day in May, for example, when she typed in 'termites,' then 'tea for good health' then 'mature living,' all within a few hours."

Link: A Face Is Exposed for AOL Searcher No. 4417749 - New York Times

Posted August 10, 2006.

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adjective

Of or suitable for ordinary days or routine occasions: everyday, workaday, workday. See good/bad, usual/unusual.

adj

Definition: ordinary
Antonyms: exciting, unusual

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Recurring every day.

commonplace; occurring every day

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - dagligdags, hverdagsagtig

Nederlands (Dutch)
dagelijks, alledaags, alledaagse koorts

Français (French)
adj. - quotidien, journalier
n. - quotidien

Deutsch (German)
adj. - täglich, alltäglich
n. - Quotidianfieber

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - ημερήσιος, καθημερινός, (μτφ.) κοινός, συνηθισμένος
n. - (παθολ.) αμφημερινός πυρετός

Italiano (Italian)
quotidiano

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - cotidiano
n. - febre cotidiana (f) (Méd.)

Русский (Russian)
ежедневный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - diario, cotidiano
n. - fiebre cotidiana

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - daglig, vardaglig
n. - varjedagsfeber, varjedagsfrossa

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
每日的, 司空见惯的, 每日发作的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 每日的, 司空見慣的, 每日發作的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 날마다의, 시시한, 평범한

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 日々の, 毎日起こる, 毎日の

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) يومي (الاسم) عادي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮כל יום, יומיומי, רגיל, שגרתי, התקף חום הפוקד את החולה מדי יום‬

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