Quotidien

Word of the Day for Tuesday March 15, 2005

quotidian \kwoh-TID-ee-uhn\, adjective:
1. Occurring or returning daily; as, a quotidian fever.
2. Of an everyday character; ordinary; commonplace.

Erasmus thought More's career as a lawyer was a waste of a fine mind, but it was precisely the human insights More derived from his life in the quotidian world that gave him a moral depth Erasmus lacked.
--"More man than saint," Irish Times, April 4, 1998

She also had a sense of fun that was often drummed out under the dull, quotidian beats of suburban life.
--Meg Wolitzer, Surrender, Dorothy


Quotidian is from Latin quotidianus, from quotidie, "daily," from quotus, "how many, as many, so many" + dies, "day."
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Daily paper delivery/paper:



Daily sights on the street, commonplace, ordinary, the usual things I'm confronted with:
The Daily Special (and tat parlors)


Graffitti


Garbage Trucks:


Deliveries at the Flower Markets


People getting coffee and a bagel before work


People who can't afford to get a coffee and a bagel