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Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishmondeyne, fromOld Frenchmondain, fromLate Latinmundanus, fromLatinmundus(world). CompareDanishmondæn.

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Adjective

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mundane (comparativemundaner,superlativemundanest)

  1. Worldly,earthly,profane,vulgar as opposed toheavenly.
    Synonym:worldly
    Antonyms:heavenly,arcane
  2. Pertaining to theUniverse,cosmos orphysical reality, as opposed to thespiritual world.
    • 1662 Thomas Salusbury,Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems (Dialogue 2):
      Amongstmundane 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.
    Synonyms:banal,boring,commonplace,everyday,routine,workaday,jejune,pedestrian;see alsoThesaurus:boring,Thesaurus:common
  4. Tedious; repetitive and boring.
    Synonyms:seeThesaurus:boring

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Translations

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worldly
ordinary
tedious
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References

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Noun

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mundane (pluralmundanes)

  1. Anunremarkable,ordinaryhuman being.
  2. (slang, derogatory, in various subcultures) Aperson considered to be "normal", part of themainstream culture, outside thesubculture, not part of theelite group.
    • 1959 December 1, Ron Bennett,Skyrack[1], number10:
      THE LIVERPOOL PARTY at Pat and Frank Milnes’ celebrated both the Gunpowder Plot and the Liverpool Club’s 400th and something meeting. Twomundane and non-fan friends of the hosts - women, too - played brag all night and Norman Weedall disappeared at 3 a.m.
    • 1989 Spring, Lawrence Person, “Fear and Loathing in New Orleans: A Savage Journey Into the Heart of American Fandom”, inNova Express, volume 2, number 3 (whole number #7), page10:
      The Demon Barber and I played Shock theMundanes. The door would open up and we would start a sentence in mid-imaginary conversation, like—‘Of course, they never found the body.’
    • 1996, Angel of Death, “furries vs. mundanes”, inalt.fan.furry (Usenet):
      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 nudemundanes.
  3. (derogatory, satanism) A person who is not aSatanist.
  4. (fandomslang, as "the mundane") The world outsidefandom; the normal,mainstream world.
    • 1966 November, Lee Hoffman, “Our Authors”, inScience-Fiction Five-Yearly[2], number 4, page35:
      Long famed in fandom, Mr. Bloch skyrocketed to prominence in themundane when his autobiographical novel, PSYCHO, was made into a hit motion picture.

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See also

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  • mundane on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Article on the use of “mundane” as a derogatory term.

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Latin

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Adjective

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mundāne

  1. vocativemasculinesingular ofmundānus
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