mundane

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. adjective found in the ordinary course of events; ; ; - Anita Diamant
  2. adjective concerned with the world or worldly matters
  3. adjective belonging to this earth or world; not ideal or heavenly

Etymology

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)).

In classic literature

Synonyms

everyday, quotidian, routine, unremarkable, workaday

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