diary

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di·a·ry

[dahy-uh-ree]
noun, plural di·a·ries.
1.
a daily record, usually private, especially 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; < Latin diārium daily allowance, journal, equivalent to di(ēs) day + -ārium -ary

dairy, diary.


1, 2. journal, daybook, log, chronicle.

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diary (ˈdaɪərɪ)
 
n , pl -ries
1.  a personal record of daily events, appointments, observations, etc
2.  a book for keeping such a record
 
[C16: from Latin diārium daily allocation of food or money, journal, from diēs day]

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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).
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