mundane
pronunciation
How to pronounce mundane in British English:
UK [mʌnˈdeɪn]
How to pronounce mundane in American English:
US [mʌnˈdeɪn]
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- Adjective:
- found in the ordinary course of events
- concerned with the world or worldly matters
- belonging to this earth or world; not ideal or heavenly
Word Origin
- mundane (adj.)
- mid-15c., "of this world," from Old French mondain "of this world, worldly, earthly, secular;" also "pure, clean; noble, generous" (12c.), from Late Latin mundanus "belonging to the world" (as distinct from the Church), in classical Latin "a citizen of the world, cosmopolite," from mundus "universe, world," literally "clean, elegant"; used as a translation of Greek kosmos (see cosmos) in its Pythagorean sense of "the physical universe" (the original sense of the Greek word was "orderly arrangement"). Latin mundus also was used of a woman's "ornaments, dress," and is related to the adjective mundus "clean, elegant" (used of women's dress, etc.). Related: Mundanely. The mundane era was the chronology that began with the supposed epoch of the Creation (famously reckoned as 4004 B.C.E.).
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Example
- 1. And a far cry from the mundane battles with hollywood .
- 2. But mundane matters can be overwhelming .
- 3. He knew how to say no to mundane ideas and focus on the best .
- 4. Some days , I get disillusioned by the boring , mundane challenges of life .
- 5. After all , college is about imparting knowledge , the collective inheritance of humanity - not about something as mundane as a job .