Mundane

Mundane

Adjective · /mʌnˈdeɪn/

Definition

Lacking interest or excitement; dull; ordinary; relating to this world rather than a spiritual or heavenly one; pertaining to the everyday world of physical existence.

Origin

From Old French mondain and Latin mundanus (of the world), from mundus (world, the universe). The Latin mundus originally meaning elegant, ornate (the root of immaculate — without blemish), later acquiring the meaning of the world or universe — possibly because the ordered, regular cosmos was seen as an orderly, beautiful thing. Mundane therefore carrying a dual sense: worldly (as opposed to spiritual) and ordinary or dull (because the everyday world is less elevated than the heavenly). The word entering English in the 15th century.