mundane

English

Etymology

From Latin mundanus, from mundus (“world”).

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -eɪn

Adjective

mundane (comparative mundaner, superlative mundanest)

1. worldly, earthly, profane, vulgar as opposed to heavenly
2. Pertaining to the Universe, cosmos or physical reality, as opposed to the spiritual world.
   • 1662 Thomas Salusbury, Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems (Dialogue 2):

     Amongst 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.

3. ordinary; not new
4. tedious; repetitive and boring

Synonyms

• (of the earth): worldly
• (ordinary, tedious): banal, boring, commonplace, everyday, routine, workaday

Antonyms

• heavenly
• arcane

Translations

worldly

Czech: pozemský (cs) m. Dutch: aards (nl) Estonian: maine (et) Finnish: maallinen (fi)

German: weltlich (de) Hungarian: evilági (hu), földi (hu) Norwegian: verdslig (no) Portuguese: mundano (pt)

ordinary

Dutch: gewoon (nl) Estonian: tavaline Finnish: tavanomainen (fi), tavallinen (fi) German: alltäglich (de)

Latin: usitatus (la) m. Norwegian: alminnelig (no), repeterende (no) Turkish: sıradan; yeni olmayan (tr)

tedious

Dutch: afgezaagd (nl) Finnish: ikävä (fi), tylsä (fi)

Norwegian: kjedelig (no)

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French: prosaïque Hungarian: földi (1,2), hétköznapi (2,3)

References

• Oxford English Dictionary, Second Edition, 1989

Noun

mundane (plural mundanes)

1. (slang, derogatory, in various subcultures) A person considered to be "normal", not part of the elite group.
   • 1996, "Angel of Death", furries vs. mundanes (discussion on Internet newsgroup alt.fan.furry)

     Some people just think your ^[sic] a sicko or something for enjoying the art. I know that alot ^[sic] of the time, I would rather see some nice nude furrygirls instead of pictures of nude mundanes.

Derived terms

• mundanely
• mundaneness
• mundanity

See also

• Mundane on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Article on the use of “mundane” as a derogatory term.

Anagrams

• unnamed

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Latin

Adjective

mundāne

1. vocative masculine singular of mundānus