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mundane

/mʌnˈdeɪn/ adjective

In Latin: usitatus Wiktionary

adjective Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about mundane at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

  1. Found in the ordinary course of events.
    a placid everyday scene
  2. Concerned with the world or worldly matters.
    mundane affairs
  3. Belonging to this earth or world; not ideal or heavenly.
    not a fairy palace; yet a mundane wonder of unimagined kind

Origin

From Middle English mondeyne, from Old French mondain, from Late Latin mundānus, from Latin mundus (“world”). Compare Danish mondæn. (ordinary): Compare typologically Russian несусве́тный (nesusvétnyj) (<~ не- (ne-) + (rare) сусве́тный (susvétnyj) < свет (svet)).

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