quotidian Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite found in the ordinary course of events
    mundane; unremarkable; workaday; routine; everyday.
    • 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

WordNet

Quo*tid"i*an adjective
Etymology
OE. cotidian, L. quotidianus, fr. quotidie daily; quotus how many + dies day: cf. OF. cotidien, F. quotidien. See Quota, Deity.
Definitions
  1. Occurring or returning daily; as, a quotidian fever.
Quo*tid"i*an noun
Definitions
  1. Anything returning daily; especially (Med.), an intermittent fever or ague which returns every day. Milton.

Webster 1913