Word of the Day March 15

Word of the Day for Tuesday March 15, 2005

   quotidian \kwoh-TID-ee-uhn\, adjective:
   1. Occurring or returning daily; as, a quotidian fever.
   2. Of an everyday character; ordinary; commonplace.

     Erasmus  thought More's career as a lawyer was a waste of a
     fine  mind,  but  it  was precisely the human insights More
     derived  from his life in the quotidian world that gave him
     a moral depth Erasmus lacked.
     --"More man than saint," [1]Irish Times, April 4, 1998

     She  also  had  a  sense  of fun that was often drummed out
     under the dull, quotidian beats of suburban life.
     --Meg Wolitzer, [2]Surrender, Dorothy
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   Quotidian  is  from Latin quotidianus, from quotidie, "daily,"
   from quotus, "how many, as many, so many" + dies, "day."