Quotidian

Quotidian

The term "quotidian" derives from the Latin word for "daily" and refers to repetitive daily actions, events or routines — yet in typical usage carries a vaguely negative overtone. "Quotidian" is generally used to convey a sense of the mundane; that is, there is an implication of the 'commonplace' — often in the disparaging sense, and at the very least to indicate that there is nothing unexpected or surprising to be found in things quotidian.

In art criticism, "quotidian" refers to art works which reference mundane aspects of everyday life. When used in a negative sense, however, the word denotes art or any creative work that, while reflecting or incorporating everyday life, references something that is a very temporary phenomenon that will date the work.

In medicine, "quotidian fever" is a pattern of daily fever occasionally encountered in persons having malignancies or indolent infections like miliary tuberculosis.


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  • Quotidian — Quo*tid i*an (kw[ o]*t[i^]d [i^]*an), a. [OE. cotidian, L. quotidianus, fr. quotidie daily; quotus how many + dies day: cf. OF. cotidien, F. quotidien. See {Quota}, {Deity}.] Occurring or returning daily; as, a quotidian fever. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Quotidian — Quo*tid i*an (kw[ o]*t[i^]d [i^]*an), n. Anything returning daily; especially (Med.), an intermittent fever or ague which returns every day. Milton. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Quotidian — (v. lat.), täglich; daher Quotidiana fieber, täglich eintretendes Fieber. Quotidiana vilescunt, Alltägliches wird werthlos, verliert an Reiz …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Quotidiān — (lat.), täglich; Quotidianfieber, täglich eintretendes Wechselfieber (s. Malaria, S. 161) …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Quotidian — Quotidiān (lat.), täglich; Quotidianfieber, täglich eintretendes Fieber …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • Quotidian — Quotidian, lat. dtsch., täglich; Q. fieber, täglich eintretendes Fieber; quotidiana vilescunt, das Alltägliche verliert den Reiz; quotidie, täglich …   Herders Conversations-Lexikon

  • quotidian — index daily Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • quotidian — (adj.) mid 14c., everyday, daily, from L. quotidianus daily, from L. quotus how many, which in order or number + dies day (see DIURNAL (Cf. diurnal)) …   Etymology dictionary

  • quotidian — Quotidian, Quotidianus …   Thresor de la langue françoyse

  • quotidian — ► ADJECTIVE 1) daily. 2) ordinary or everyday. ORIGIN Latin quotidianus, from cotidie daily …   English terms dictionary

  • quotidian — [kwō tid′ē ən] adj. [ME cotidian < OFr < L quotidianus < quotidie, daily < quot, as many as (for IE base see QUOTE) + dies, day] 1. daily; recurring every day 2. everyday; usual or ordinary n. anything, esp. a fever, that recurs daily …   English World dictionary

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