quotidian

quotidian
1. adjective /kwəˈtɪdɪən/
a) Recurring every twenty-four hours or (more generally) daily (of symptoms etc.).

Quotidian periodicity we find in greater or less degree in nearly all fevers, particularly in fevers associated with suppuration.

b) Happening every day; daily.

I regret that the effect of these statements is a denial of the observation of initial quotidian paroxysms following artificial inoculation.

2. noun /kwəˈtɪdɪən/
a) A fever which recurs every day; quotidian malaria.

If I could meet that Fancie-monger, I would giue him some good counsel, for he seemes to haue the Quotidian of Loue vpon him.

b) A daily allowance formerly paid to certain members of the clergy.

I myself was, about two years since, strangely cured of a violent quotidian, which all the wonted method of physick had not so much abated, by applying to my wrists a mixture of two handfuls of bay-salt, two handfuls of the freshest English hops, and a quarter of a pound of blue currants [...].


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  • Quotidian — Quo*tid i*an (kw[ o]*t[i^]d [i^]*an), a. [OE. cotidian, L. quotidianus, fr. quotidie daily; quotus how many + dies day: cf. OF. cotidien, F. quotidien. See {Quota}, {Deity}.] Occurring or returning daily; as, a quotidian fever. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Quotidian — Quo*tid i*an (kw[ o]*t[i^]d [i^]*an), n. Anything returning daily; especially (Med.), an intermittent fever or ague which returns every day. Milton. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Quotidian — (v. lat.), täglich; daher Quotidiana fieber, täglich eintretendes Fieber. Quotidiana vilescunt, Alltägliches wird werthlos, verliert an Reiz …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Quotidiān — (lat.), täglich; Quotidianfieber, täglich eintretendes Wechselfieber (s. Malaria, S. 161) …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Quotidian — Quotidiān (lat.), täglich; Quotidianfieber, täglich eintretendes Fieber …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • Quotidian — Quotidian, lat. dtsch., täglich; Q. fieber, täglich eintretendes Fieber; quotidiana vilescunt, das Alltägliche verliert den Reiz; quotidie, täglich …   Herders Conversations-Lexikon

  • quotidian — index daily Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • quotidian — (adj.) mid 14c., everyday, daily, from L. quotidianus daily, from L. quotus how many, which in order or number + dies day (see DIURNAL (Cf. diurnal)) …   Etymology dictionary

  • quotidian — Quotidian, Quotidianus …   Thresor de la langue françoyse

  • quotidian — ► ADJECTIVE 1) daily. 2) ordinary or everyday. ORIGIN Latin quotidianus, from cotidie daily …   English terms dictionary

  • quotidian — [kwō tid′ē ən] adj. [ME cotidian < OFr < L quotidianus < quotidie, daily < quot, as many as (for IE base see QUOTE) + dies, day] 1. daily; recurring every day 2. everyday; usual or ordinary n. anything, esp. a fever, that recurs daily …   English World dictionary

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