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mundane

mun·dane

UK/mʌnˈdeɪn/ US/mən-/ uncommon slang

adjective

1.

found in the ordinary course of events

  • “a placid everyday scene”
  • “it was a routine day”
  • “there”
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2.

concerned with the world or worldly matters

  • “mundane affairs”
  • “he developed an immense terrestrial practicality”
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3.

belonging to this earth or world; not ideal or heavenly

  • “not a fairy palace; yet a mundane wonder of unimagined kind”
  • “so terrene a being as himself”
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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)).

Phrases

  • mundane on Wikipedia. Article on the use of as a derogatory term.

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