mundane
[mʌnˈdeɪn]
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.43 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Pertaining to the Universe, cosmos or physical reality, as opposed to the spiritual world.
adj
Ordinary; not new; part of the mainstream culture.
adj
Tedious; repetitive and boring.
adj
Non-magical; without supernatural powers or properties.
noun
noun
A person considered to be "normal", part of the mainstream culture, outside the subculture, not part of the elite group.
Derogatory; Slang
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "THE LIVERPOOL PARTY at Pat and Frank Milnes’ celebrated both the Gunpowder Plot and the Liverpool Club’s 400th and something meeting. Two mundane and non-fan friends of the hosts - women, too - played brag all night and Norman Weedall disappeared at 3 a.m."
- "The classic magical potion has been overshadowed by a number of mundane items, but still has its purposes as a quick one time consumable item."
- "Using magical water and magical plaster resulted in a magically saturated plaster that automatically cured at a rate comparable to mundane water and mundane plaster."
- "The number of types of mana changes as men and fae explore the limits of mundane stuff and magic, getting smaller or larger as the theories change."
- "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.’"
Etymology
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)).
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: [mʌnˈdeɪn]
- British English: [mɐnˈdeɪn]
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mundane on Wikipedia. Article on the use of as a derogatory term.
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mundane on Wikipedia. Article on the use of as a derogatory term.
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