Word of the Day: QUOTIDIAN

Ordinary or all the time

quotidian (adj) - daily or happening every day; commonplace, mundane, or everyday [kwoh-tid-ee-uhn]

BREAKDOWN: QUOT- (how many) + 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

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