quotidian

1. adjective /kwəˈtɪdɪən/

a) Recurring every twenty-four hours or (more generally) daily (of symptoms etc.).

Quotidian periodicity we find in greater or less degree in nearly all fevers, particularly in fevers associated with suppuration.

b) Happening every day; daily.

I regret that the effect of these statements is a denial of the observation of initial quotidian paroxysms following artificial inoculation.

2. noun /kwəˈtɪdɪən/

a) A fever which recurs every day; quotidian malaria.

If I could meet that Fancie-monger, I would giue him some good counsel, for he seemes to haue the Quotidian of Loue vpon him.

b) A daily allowance formerly paid to certain members of the clergy.

I myself was, about two years since, strangely cured of a violent quotidian, which all the wonted method of physick had not so much abated, by applying to my wrists a mixture of two handfuls of bay-salt, two handfuls of the freshest English hops, and a quarter of a pound of blue currants [...].