From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Mundane \Mun"dane\, a. [L. mundanus, fr. mundus the world, an
implement, toilet adornments, or dress; cf. mundus, a.,
clean, neat, Skr. ma[.n][dsdot] to adorn, dress,
ma[.n][dsdot]a adornment. Cf. {Monde}, {Mound} in heraldry.]
1. Of or pertaining to the world; worldly, as contrasted with
{heavenly}; earthly; terrestrial; as, the mundane sphere;
mundane concerns. -- {Mun"dane*ly}, adv.
[1913 Webster]
The defilement of mundane passions. --I. Taylor.
[1913 Webster]
2. Commonplace; ordinary; banal.
[PJC]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
mundane
adj 1: found in the ordinary course of events; "a placid
everyday scene"; "it was a routine day"; "there's nothing
quite like a real...train conductor to add color to a
quotidian commute"- Anita Diamant [syn: {everyday},
{mundane}, {quotidian}, {routine}, {unremarkable},
{workaday}]
2: concerned with the world or worldly matters; "mundane
affairs"; "he developed an immense terrestrial practicality"
[syn: {mundane}, {terrestrial}]
3: belonging to this earth or world; not ideal or heavenly; "not
a fairy palace; yet a mundane wonder of unimagined kind"; "so
terrene a being as himself" [syn: {mundane}, {terrene}]
From The Jargon File (version 4.4.7, 29 Dec 2003) [jargon]:
mundane
n.
[from SF fandom]
1. A person who is not in science fiction fandom.
2. A person who is not in the computer industry. In this sense, most often
an adjectival modifier as in ?in my mundane life....? See also {Real
World}, {muggle}.
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