mundane
1Mundane — Mun dane, a. [L. mundanus, fr. mundus the world, an implement, toilet adornments, or dress; cf. mundus, a., clean, neat, Skr. ma[.n][dsdot] to adorn, dress, ma[.n][dsdot]a adornment. Cf. {Monde}, {Mound} in heraldry.] 1. Of or pertaining to the… …
2mundane — I adjective accustomary, average, banal, bodily, carnal, common, commonplace, conventional, corporeal, customary, earthly, everyday, familiar, fleshly, frequent, habitual, hackneyed, homespun, irreligious, material, nonsacred, nonspiritual,… …
3mundane — (adj.) mid 15c., of this world, from O.Fr. mondain of this world, worldly, earthly, secular; also pure, clean; noble, generous (12c.), from L.L. mundanus belonging to the world (as distinct from the Church), in classical Latin a citizen of the… …
4mundane — worldly, *earthly, earthy, terrestrial, sublunary Analogous words: fleshly, sensual, *carnal, animal: secular, temporal, *profane Antonyms: eternal Contrasted words: *infinite, sempiternal, boundless: heavenly, * …
5mundane — [adj] ordinary banal, commonplace, day to day, earthly, everyday, humdrum*, lowly, normal, prosaic, routine, workaday*, workday, worldly; concept 547 Ant. exciting, extraordinary, heavenly, supernatural, wonderful …
6mundane — ► ADJECTIVE 1) lacking interest or excitement. 2) of this earthly world rather than a heavenly or spiritual one. DERIVATIVES mundanely adverb mundaneness noun mundanity noun. ORIGIN from Latin mundus world …
7mundane — [mun′dān΄, mun dān′] adj. [LME mondeyne < OFr mondain < LL mundanus < L mundus, world (in LL(Ec), the secular world, as opposed to the church)] 1. of the world; esp., worldly, as distinguished from heavenly, spiritual, etc. 2.… …
8Mundane — For other uses, see Mundane (disambiguation). In subcultural and fictional uses, a mundane is a person who does not belong to a particular group, according to the members of that group; the implication is that such persons, lacking imagination,… …
9mundane — [[t]mʌ̱nde͟ɪn[/t]] ADJ GRADED Something that is mundane is very ordinary and not at all interesting or unusual. Be willing to do mundane tasks with good grace. ...the mundane realities of life. Syn: boring N SING: the N You can refer to mundane… …
10mundane — adj. VERBS ▪ be, seem, sound ▪ become ▪ find sth ▪ I found the job very mundane. ADVERB …
