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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
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Quotidian(e, ien, adj. (adv.). [ME and e.m.E. quotidian(e (15th c.), L. quotīdiānus, earlier cott-, cōt-, MF quotidian, -ien: cf. Cotidiane adj.] Quotidian, in the usual senses and applications.a. Of or pertaining to every day; that is manifested every day; daily. b. Everyday in nature; ordinary. c. As adv.a. (1) a1500 Henr. Prayer 73.
This cair quotidiane [: trane; Bann. MS cotidiane] Id. Thre Deid Pollis 15.
This sair exampill to se quotidiane [: tane, vncertane, allane] Sowld caus all men fra wicket vycis fle c1550 Rolland Ct. Venus i 421.
Quotidiane a1568 Bann. MS 246b/36.
In wo quotidian [: pane, remane, fane] 1581 Sempill Sat. P. xliii 7.
Hir [sc. Fortune's] craft quotidian we may cleirly se(2) c1550 Rolland Ct. Venus ii 151.
That I micht bruik this greit quotidian joy 1551–2 Reg. Privy C. I 119.
And specialie be the inhabitantis [of] the debatabill land, quha nychtlie day and continualie rydis and makis quotidiane reiffis and oppressionis upon the pur 1554 Knox III 104. 1565 Edinb. Univ. MS La. iii 388a 2b.
And sall vant thair parte of the contributione and quotidiane distributione for that day 1680 Copy of a Letter by Mr. John Dickson … When He Was Prisoner in the Bass (1717) 24.
The militant Church is all hanging by a small (tho' strong) threid of quotidian providence(3) 1618 Lithgow Poet. Remains 9.
Your lo. most afold and quotidian oratourb. 1531 Vaus (1531) in Innes Early Sc. Hist. 272.
For les offendis the eir (at the leist in our quotidiane spekyne) facile fluand congruite thane [etc.]c. 1591 Dundee B. Laws 513.
We … fremen … hais ben daylie day, fra tyme to tyme, oppressit be the incressing of the numbar of wnfriemen of our creft, quha … wssurpis and quotidien erectis … wark houssis
