Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - mundane
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Mundane
mundane
adjective Etymology: Middle English mondeyne, from Anglo-French mundain, from Late Latin mundanus, from Latin mundus world Date: 15th century 1. of, relating to, or characteristic of the world 2. characterized by the practical, transitory, and ordinary ; commonplace the ~ concerns of day-to-day life Synonyms: see earthly • ~ly adverb • ~ness noun • mundanity noun
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adj. 1 dull, routine. 2 of this world; worldly. Derivatives mundanely adv. mundaneness n. mundanity n. (pl. -ies). Etymology: ME f. OF mondain f. LL mundanus f. L mundus world ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. земной mundane affairs —- земные дела 2. редк. мирской; светский mundane pleasures —- мирские (светские) удовольствия 3. космический; относящийся к Вселенной ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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Something that is mundane is very ordinary and not at all interesting or unusual. Be willing to do even mundane tasks. ...the mundane realities of life. = boring ADJ • You can refer to mundane things as the mundane. It’s an attitude that turns the mundane into something rather more interesting and exciting. N-SING: the N ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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~ adj 1 ordinary and uninteresting (Initially, the work was pretty mundane. | She led a mundane existence in the drab suburbs of Paris.) 2 formal concerned with ordinary daily life rather than religious matters; worldly (2) - mundaneness n - mundanely adv ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- c.1451, from M.Fr. mondain, from L. mundanus "belonging to the world" (as distinct from the Church), from mundus "universe, world," lit. "clean, elegant" (used of women's dress, etc.); taken for "world" by Roman writers as an imitation of Gk. khosmos "world," lit. "order, orderly arrangement." ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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