Quotidian Definition
Having the characteristics of something which can be seen, experienced etc. every day or very commonly; commonplace, ordinary; trivial, mundane. [from 15th c.]
(medicine, now rare, historical) A fever which recurs every day; quotidian malaria. [from 14th c.]
Other Word Forms of Quotidian
Noun
Origin of Quotidian
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From Anglo-Norman cotidian, cotidien, Middle French cotidian, cotidien, and their source, Latin cottÄ«diānus, quōtÄ«diānus (“happening every day"), from adverb cottÄ«diÄ“, quōtÄ«diÄ“ (“every day, daily"), from an unattested adjective derived from quot (“how many") + locative form of diÄ“s (“day").
From Wiktionary
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Middle English cotidien from Old French from Latin quōtīdiānus from quōtīdiē each day quot how many, as many as kwo- in Indo-European roots diē ablative of diēs day dyeu- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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