Word of the Day: QUOTIDIAN
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quotidian (adj) - daily or happening every day; commonplace, mundane, or everyday
BREAKDOWN: QUO- (commonplace) + DI- (day) + -IAN (of or pertaining to)
“One of the things that frequently gets lost in descriptions of depression is that the depressed person often knows that it is a ludicrous condition to feel so disabled by the ordinary business of quotidian life.” —Andrew Solomon
Word of the Day: QUOTIDIAN
Love this word!
It's especially interesting to me because the Portuguese version, 'cotidiano', is pretty common, whereas in English, it's a five-dollar word.