mundan-, mund-, mond-
(Latin: earth, world)
mundane (adjective), mundaner, mundanest
1. Relating to the world and practical matters instead of religious or spiritual ones; pertaining to matters of this world; secular: After reading her book about history, Marie had to do mundane chores, like doing the laundry!
2. Descriptive of something that is commonplace, not unusual, and often boring: The mundane, or ordinary, activity of walking for a one-year old child suddenly turns out to be very exciting for the parents!
3. Referring to the world or the universe: The issue of economies is something quite mundane and is earthbound, and not located in heaven!
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2. Descriptive of something that is commonplace, not unusual, and often boring: The mundane, or ordinary, activity of walking for a one-year old child suddenly turns out to be very exciting for the parents!
3. Referring to the world or the universe: The issue of economies is something quite mundane and is earthbound, and not located in heaven!
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mundanely (adverb), more mundanely, most mundanely
1. Referring to being in a worldly manner.
2. Pertaining to worldly things.
2. Pertaining to worldly things.
mundaneness (s) (noun)
1. Concerned with the world or worldly matters.
2. Characteristic of being interested in commonplace or ordinary things.
2. Characteristic of being interested in commonplace or ordinary things.
1. Worldliness; worldly feelings; the ways of the world.
2. The quality or character of being intellectually sophisticated and worldly through cultivation, experience or disillusionment.
3. Those who are outside some group with the implication that those in the group are special and those outside are just ordinary.
2. The quality or character of being intellectually sophisticated and worldly through cultivation, experience or disillusionment.
3. Those who are outside some group with the implication that those in the group are special and those outside are just ordinary.
The destruction of the entire world.
Mundus vult decipi et decipiatur. (Latin motto)
Translation: "The world wants to be deceived and [then] let it be deceived."
An alternate modern application includes, "There are fools born every minute so take advantage of their stupidity."
Non nobis solum sed toti mundo nati. (Latin motto)
Translation: "Not for ourselves only, but for the whole world."
postmundane (adjective) (not comparable)
A descriptive term for what exists after the end of the world.
premundane (adjective) (not comparable)
A reference to a period before the creation of the world; antemundane: In the book Jack was reading, the author expressed himself about what he thought the premundane time must have been like before the existence of life on earth.
Pro mundi beneficio. (Latin motto)
Translation: "For the benefit of the world."
Salus mundi. (Latin motto)
Translation: "The welfare of the world."
Motto of the State of Missouri, USA. Cicero wrote in his De Legibus: Salus populi suprema est lex, "The welfare of the people is the supreme law."
Sic transit gloria mundi. (Latin motto)
Translation: "So passes away the glory of the world."
This motto was used by Thomas à Kempis, in his De Imitatione Christi, when he was commenting about the transitory nature of human vanities. It is also used at the coronation of a pope: A rope bundle is burned during the ceremony and, as the flame dies, the words Pater sancte sic transit gloria mundi: "Holy Father, so passes away the glory of the world" are intoned.
supermundane (adjective), more supermundane, most supermundane
Relating to anything that is above earthly things: Supermundane things are above, beyond, or superior to the nature or character of worldly or terrestrial things.
supramundane (adjective), more supramundane, most supramundane
A reference to being or situated above the earth's system; that which is celestial or relating to the sky or the heavens.
transmundane (adjective), more transmundane, most
Descriptive of something extending beyond this material world or beyond worldly considerations and concerns: One of the books Greg checked out from the library was about transmundane creatures which did not resemble anything on earth, but of a magical planet, and nothing he had ever imagined before.
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