Definition of "quotidian" in English

adjective

1. Happening every day; daily.

2. Having the characteristics of something which can be seen, experienced, etc, every day or very commonly.

3. (medicine) Recurring every twenty-four hours or (more generally) daily (of symptoms, etc).

4. Something which is considered humdrum or dull.

noun

1. (medicine, now rare, historical) A fever which recurs every day; quotidian malaria.

2. (Anglicanism, historical) A daily allowance formerly paid to certain members of the clergy.

3. (usually with definite article) Commonplace or mundane things regarded as a class.