quotidian

UK: /kwəʊˈtɪdɪən/ US: /kwoʊˈtɪdiən/ ,(kwō tid′ē ən)

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

quo•tid•i•an /kwoʊˈtɪdiən/   adj. 

1. daily:
   a quotidian report.
2. ordinary;
   everyday;
   commonplace:
   the quotidian routine of life.

See -quot-.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

quo•tid•i•an  (kwō tid′ē ən), adj. 

1. daily:
   a quotidian report.
2. usual or customary;
   everyday:
   quotidian needs.
3. ordinary;
   commonplace:
   paintings of no more than quotidian artistry.
4. Pathology (of a fever, ague, etc.) characterized by paroxysms that recur daily.

n. 

5. something recurring daily.
6. Pathology a quotidian fever or ague.

• Latin, as above
• Old French
• Latin quotīdiānus, cottīdiānus daily, equivalent. to cottīdi(ē) every day (adverb, adverbial) (*quot(t)ī a locative form akin to quot however many occur, every + diē, ablative of diēs day; compare meridian) + -ānus -an; replacing Middle English cotidien
• 1300–50

quo•tid′i•an•ly, adv. 
quo•tid′i•an•ness, n. 

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quotidian / kwəʊˈtɪdɪən/ adjective

1. (esp of attacks of malarial fever) recurring daily
2. everyday; commonplace

noun

1. a malarial fever characterized by attacks that recur daily

Etymology: 14th Century: from Latin quotīdiānus, variant of cottīdiānus daily