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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread cotidian #171160 11/06/07 05:10 AM Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 2 C caddisflyer OP stranger OP caddisflyer stranger C Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 2 cotidian? What does it mean? or even a context to fit it in? Here is the sentence in which this word appears. ""Papers will explore official discourses about vice and contraband in comparison to their cotidian reality."" I have worked through two dictionaries, and have resorted to asking for help....Nothing in the general context of the paragraph, which is part of an academic announcement, gives me a clue what this means. Any ideas? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: cotidian caddisflyer #171161 11/06/07 05:36 AM Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh cotidian? Off hand, i'd say a misspelling for quotidian, i.e., 'daily'. Ceci n'est pas un seing. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: cotidian zmjezhd #171163 11/06/07 11:17 AM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Or either a variant spelling. The B&M OED has a minor listing for it referencing Quoti-. And for a definition I'd go with everyday, commonplace, which is what Nuncle's link says, rather than daily. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: cotidian Faldage #171164 11/06/07 11:42 AM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass or else an olde or Romanian spelling. (note def'n in Kurath's dictionary: (a) Daily; also, continual, unceasing; (b) usual, habitual; ordinary, everyday.) -joe (three-way) friday Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: cotidian tsuwm #171166 11/06/07 11:55 AM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 My Collins Gem Latin dictionary turns it around. Looking up quotid- directs one to cottid- Cottidianus is translated as daily; everyday, ordinary. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: cotidian caddisflyer #171167 11/06/07 12:09 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York "Papers will explore official discourses about vice and contraband in comparison to their cotidian reality." I wonder what the writer's native language is. Or maybe it's just another example of academese. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: cotidian AnnaStrophic #171168 11/06/07 12:12 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass >Or maybe it's just another example of academese. that'd be my bet! -joe (inkhorn) friday Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: cotidian tsuwm #171182 11/06/07 09:19 PM Joined: May 2005 Posts: 456 SE US Aramis addict Aramis addict Joined: May 2005 Posts: 456 SE US Or maybe 'academise'? ÅΓª╥┐↕§ Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,373 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 1 members (wofahulicodoc), 166 guests, and 2 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 29 A C Bowden 25 LukeJavan8 3 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,562 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,919 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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