quotidian
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Definition
adj (English)
1. (medicine) Recurring every twenty-four hours or (more generally) daily (of symptoms, etc).Examples: "Quotidian periodicity we find in greater or less degree in nearly all fevers, particularly in fevers associated with suppuration."; "I regret that the effect of these statements is a denial of the observation of initial quotidian paroxysms following artificial inoculation."Synonyms: circadian, diurnal
noun (English)
1. (medicine, now rare, historical) A fever which recurs every day; quotidian malaria.Examples: "If I could meet that Fancie-monger, I would giue him some good counsel, for he seemes to haue the Quotidian of Loue vpon him."; "I myself was, about two years since, strangely cured of a violent quotidian, which all the wonted method of physick had not so much abated, by applying to my wrists a mixture of two handfuls of bay-salt, two handfuls of the freshest English hops, and a quarter of a pound of blue currants […]"archaichistorical
2. (Anglicanism, historical) A daily allowance formerly paid to certain members of the clergy.historical
3. (usually with definite article) Commonplace or mundane things regarded as a class.Examples: "More than opposable thumbs and the invention of the flinthead axe, it was our ability to transcend the quotidian by weaving tales of awe and wonder that set us apart from the beasts."; "She does the same thing as any parent worth their salt, and gets rambunctious youngsters engaged in daily drudgeries by refashioning the quotidian as adventure."usuallywith-definite-article
Definition source: Wiktionary