Quotidian
kwoh-TID-ee-uhn
adjective
of or occurring every day; daily
The word 'quotidian' is often used to describe something that is part of daily life and ordinary routines. It can also convey a sense of regularity and monotony in daily activities.
See how Aldous Huxley and Salman Rushdie use "quotidian", with its meaning, pronunciation and real book examples.
Examples from books
To climb by night up a rope-ladder to a second-floor window in an old house in Toledo seemed to me, while I was actually performing this rather dangerous feat, an action as obvious, as much to be taken for granted, as—how shall I put it?—as quotidian as catching the 8:52 from Surbiton to go to business on a Monday morning.
Aldous Huxley
Crome Yellow
Even a symbolic gander must come down, at last, to earth; so it isn’t nearly enough for me now (as it was not then) to confine my story to its miraculous aspects; I must return (as I used to return) to the quotidian; I must permit blood to spill.
Salman Rushdie
Midnight's Children: A Novel
