DIARY

diary

(noun) a personal journal (as a physical object)

diary, journal

(noun) a daily written record of (usually personal) experiences and observations

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

diary (plural diaries)

A daily log of experiences, especially those of the writer.

(British, Canada) A personal organizer or appointment diary.

Synonyms

• daybook

• journal

Coordinate terms

• calendar

• daybook

• chronicle

• log

Adjective

diary (not comparable)

(obsolete) Lasting for one day.

Verb

diary (third-person singular simple present diaries, present participle diarying, simple past and past participle diaried)

(intransitive) To keep a diary or journal.

Anagrams

• dairy, yaird

Source: Wiktionary


Di"a*ry, n.; pl. Diaries. Etym: [L. diarium, fr. dies day. See Deity.]

Definition: A register of daily events or transactions; a daily record; a journal; a blank book dated for the record of daily memoranda; as, a diary of the weather; a physician's diary.

Di"a*ry, a.

Definition: lasting for one day; as, a diary fever. [Obs.] "Diary ague." Bacon.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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