6 October 2014

mundane

[muhn-deyn, muhn-deyn]

adjective

1. of or pertaining to this world or earth as contrasted with heaven; worldly; earthly:
mundane affairs.
2. common; ordinary; banal; unimaginative.
3. of or pertaining to the world, universe, or earth.

Origin
Latin
1425-1475; < Latin mundānus, equivalent to mund (us) world + -ānus -ane; replacing late Middle English mondeyne < Middle French mondain < Latin, as above

Related forms

mundanely, adverb
mundaneness, noun
postmundane, adjective
submundane, adjective
unmundane, adjective

Synonyms
1. secular, temporal. See earthly.
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Examples from the web for mundane

– What I fear is that my conclusions appear trivial and mundane.
– To the layman our modes of space travel can seem a little mundane.
– But his greatest gift—one of particular relevance to the business traveller—is the way he forces readers to rethink the mundane

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Today’s aphorism

The ugliest thing that I have ever seen is a human being without compassion.

– h. milne p.

On this day

6 October 1961 – President John F. Kennedy advises Americans to build fall-out shelters, as Cold War paranoia continues to grow.

6 October 1966 – LSD, a synthetic hallucinogenic drug, declared illegal in the United States.

6 October 1978 – death of Johnny O’Keefe, Australian rock and roll legend. Known as J.O.K. or ‘The Wild One’. Born 19 January 1935.