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Welcome to another astonishing installment of Word Woman's Weekly Work-Out! Train your brain to keep in shape for a lifetime by expanding your vocabulary. Here's the Word of the Week to get you started:

Quotidian: \kwō-ˈti-dē-ən\

Function: adjective

Etymology: Middle English cotidian, from Anglo-French, from Latin quotidianus, cotidianus, from quotidie every day, from quot (as) many as + dies day — more at deity

Date: 14th century

1: occurring every day <quotidian fever>
2 a: belonging to each day : everyday <quotidian routine>
b: commonplace, ordinary <quotidian drabness>

-- "quotidian." Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary. 2009. Merriam-Webster Online. 14 May 2009

Example: The Master of Socrates Cafe believes that there is no point in using a neologism when a quotidian word will serve just as well.