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mundane
CEFRC1
/mʌnˈdeɪn/
adjective
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In plain English
- 01
adjective
Ordinary and not interesting or exciting.
- 02
adjective
Extra detailOrdinary; not new.
Examples
I'm sure there's a more mundane explanation that doesn't involve ghosts.
Oh, but that is a mundane matter!
At a glance
Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale
- Senses
- 5
- Parts of speech
- 1
- Citations
- 4
- Synonyms
- 5
Also pronounced
- [mɐnˈdæɪn]
- [mʌnˈdɛjn]
Deep Dive
adjective
Extra meaningsPertaining to the Universe, cosmos or physical reality, as opposed to the spiritual world.
Worldly, earthly, profane, vulgar as opposed to heavenly.
Tedious; repetitive and boring.
More examples
In contextAmongst mundane bodies, six there are that do perpetually move, and they are the six Planets; of the rest, that is, of the Earth, Sun, and fixed Stars, it is disputable which of them moveth, and which stands still.
The Demon Barber and I played Shock the Mundanes. The door would open up and we would start a sentence in mid-imaginary conversation, like—‘Of course, they never found the body.’
Long famed in fandom, Mr. Bloch skyrocketed to prominence in the mundane when his autobiographical novel, PSYCHO, was made into a hit motion picture.
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Origin
adjective
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)).