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mundane
UK [mʌnˈdɛjn] US [mʌnˈdeɪn]
adj 4noun 4
Collocations
7(adj.)
VERBS
be, seem, sound | become
find sth
She finds her daily routine mundane and dreams of a more exciting career.
ADV
very | thoroughly, utterly
fairly, pretty, rather, somewhat
Her job was fairly mundane, but she enjoyed the stability it provided.
apparently
Definitions
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
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.’
3
A person who is not a Satanist.
4
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.
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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
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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
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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.’
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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
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Oh, but that is a mundane matter!
Tatoeba · #206883306
I'm sure there's a more mundane explanation that doesn't involve ghosts.
Tatoeba · #8860316Usage Notes
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