It's Merriam-Webster's word of the day for January 31st.

Today's word is quoteidian, spelled Q-U-O-N-T-E-N-E-N-E-N-E-N-O-T-I-A-N.

Quotidian is an adjective.

Something described as quotidian occurs every day or occurs routinely or typically.

More broadly, Quotidian is used as a synonym of the words commonplace and ordinary.

Here's the word used in a sentence from the Hollywood reporter.

Ultimately, the beauty creators offered a behind-the-scenes look at how these top glam

squads find quotidian ways to keep their creativity thriving.

In Shakespeare's play As You Like It, the character Rosalind observes that Orlando, who has been running

about in the woods carving her name on trees and

hanging love poems on branches, seems to have the quotidian of love upon him.

The Bard's use doesn't make it clear that Quotidian comes from a Latin word, Quotidi, which means every day.

But as odd as it may seem, his use of of quotidian is just a short semantic step

away from the daily adjective sense.

Some fevers come and go but occur daily.

In medical use, these are called quotidian fevers or simply

quotidians. Poor Orlando is afflicted with such a fever of love. With your

word of the day, I'm Peter Sokolowski.

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