Dictionary
Thesaurus
Encyclopedia
Translator
Web

Diaries

 - 3 dictionary results

di⋅a⋅ry

[dahy-uh-ree]
–noun, plural -ries.
1. a daily record, usually private, esp. of the writer's own experiences, observations, feelings, attitudes, etc.
2. a book for keeping such a record.
3. a book or pad containing pages marked and arranged in calendar order, in which to note appointments and the like.

Origin:
1575–85; < L diārium daily allowance, journal, equiv. to di(ēs) day + -ārium -ary


1, 2. journal, daybook, log, chronicle.
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2009.
Cite This Source Link To Diaries
di·a·ry   (dī'ə-rē)   
n.   pl. di·a·ries
  1. A daily record, especially a personal record of events, experiences, and observations; a journal.

  2. A book for use in keeping a personal record, as of experiences.


[Latin diārium, daily allowance, daily journal, from diēs, day; see dyeu- in Indo-European roots.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
Cite This Source
Word Origin & History

diary 
1581, from L. diarium, "daily allowance," later "a journal," neut. of diarius "daily," from dies "day." Earliest sense was a daily record of events; sense of the book in which such are written is first attested in Ben Jonson's "Volpone" (1605).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
Cite This Source
Search another word or see Diaries on Thesaurus | Reference
FacebookTwitterFollow us: