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Antonyms for quotidian

Grammar : Adj
Spell : kwoh-tid-ee-uh n
Phonetic Transcription : kwoʊˈtɪd i ən

Definition of quotidian

Origin :
  • mid-14c., "everyday, daily," from Old French cotidian (Modern French quotidien), from Latin quotidianus "daily," from Latin quotus "how many? which in order or number?" (see quote (v.)) + dies "day" (see diurnal). Meaning "ordinary, commonplace, trivial" is from mid-15c.
  • adj ordinary
Example sentences :
  • It was wont to be esteemed an ordinary visnomy, a quotidian merely.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb » by Charles Lamb
  • It is a quotidian truth that few before him had the courage or clairvoyancy to enunciate.
  • Extract from : « Egoists » by James Huneker
  • Sometimes the fever simulated a quotidian, sometimes a tertian.
  • Extract from : « A History of Epidemics in Britain, Volume II (of 2) » by Charles Creighton
  • For our quotidian difficulties his example promises no solution.
  • Extract from : « Prophets of Dissent » by Otto Heller
  • It is in this daring to be quotidian and contemporary that his claim to a position in the history of the novel mainly consists.
  • Extract from : « A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 » by George Saintsbury
  • Time moved for you not in quotidian beats, But in the long slow rhythm the ages keep In their immortal symphony.
  • Extract from : « The Burning Wheel » by Aldous Huxley
  • One of the main objects of literary history is to separate what is quotidian from what is not.
  • Extract from : « A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 » by George Saintsbury
  • Yet what novelist has kept his ear so close to quotidian happenings, and with what dignity and charm in his crumbling cadences?
  • Extract from : « Unicorns » by James Huneker
  • Had a quotidian intermittent, which was removed by the humane assistance of an amiable young lady.
  • Extract from : « An Account of the Foxglove and some of its Medical Uses » by William Withering
  • They live, as a rule, in mediocre circumstances; they are harried by the necessities of quotidian existence.
  • Extract from : « Egoists » by James Huneker

Synonyms for quotidian

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