different between perfunctory vs quotidian

English

Etymology

From Late Latin perfunct?rius, from the past participial stem of perfungor, perfunct- (“perform, carry through”), from per- + fungor.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /p??f??k.t(?)??/
• (US) IPA^(key): /p??f??k.t?.i/

Adjective

perfunctory (comparative more perfunctory, superlative most perfunctory)

1. Done only or merely to conform to a minimal standard or to fulfill a protocol or presumptive duty .

   Synonyms: automatic, cursory, obligatory, pro forma, token, unthinking

   • 1975, Saul Bellow, Humboldt's Gift [Avon ed., 1976, p. 338]:

     He then poured some wine for me to taste, and harassed me with perfunctory courtesies that had to be acknowledged.
2. Performed in a careless or indifferent manner as a thing of rote.

   Synonyms: haphazard, mechanical, slipshod

   Antonyms: careful, complete, thorough

Related terms

• perfunctorily
• perfunctoriness

Translations

See also

• pro forma

English

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman cotidian, cotidien, Middle French cotidian, cotidien, and their source, Latin cott?di?nus, qu?t?di?nus (“happening every day”), from adverb cott?di?, qu?t?di? (“every day, daily”), from an unattested adjective derived from quot (“how many”) + locative form of di?s (“day”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /kw??t?d??n/
• (US) IPA^(key): /kw??t?d??n/

Adjective

quotidian (comparative more quotidian, superlative most quotidian)

1. (medicine) Recurring every twenty-four hours or (more generally) daily (of symptoms, etc). [from 14th c.]
2. Happening every day; daily. [from 15th c.]
3. Having the characteristics of something which can be seen, experienced, etc, every day or very commonly; commonplace, ordinary, mundane. [from 15th c.]

Translations

Noun

quotidian (plural quotidians)

1. (medicine, now rare, historical) A fever which recurs every day; quotidian malaria. [from 14th c.]
2. (Anglicanism, historical) A daily allowance formerly paid to certain members of the clergy. [from 16th c.]
3. (usually with definite article) Commonplace or mundane things regarded as a class. [from 20th c.]

Translations

Interlingua

Adjective

quotidian (comparative plus quotidian, superlative le plus quotidian)

1. daily

Derived terms

• quotidianmente