mundane

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7
Pronunciation
/mʌnˈdeɪn/
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/mʌnˈdeɪn/ · /mən-/ · [mʌnˈdeɪn](US) · [mɐnˈdeɪn] · [mʌnˈdɛjn] · [mʌnˈdeːn] · [mʊn-] · [mɐnˈdæɪn]

Definition of mundane

8 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Worldly, earthly, profane, vulgar as opposed to heavenly.
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adj

  1. Worldly, earthly, profane, vulgar as opposed to heavenly.
  2. Pertaining to the Universe, cosmos or physical reality, as opposed to the spiritual world.
    “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.

noun

  1. An unremarkable, ordinary human being.
  2. (derogatory, slang)A person considered to be "normal", part of the mainstream culture, outside the subculture, not part of the elite group.
    “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 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.’”
    “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.”
  3. (derogatory)A person who is not a Satanist.
  4. (slang)The world outside fandom; the normal, mainstream world.
    “Long famed in fandom, Mr. Bloch skyrocketed to prominence in the mundane when his autobiographical novel, PSYCHO, was made into a hit motion picture.”

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

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)).

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