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di⋅a⋅ry

  [dahy-uh-ree]
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–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

Synonyms:
1, 2. journal, daybook, log, chronicle.
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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.]
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Diary

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

Diary

Di"a*ry\, a. lasting for one day; as, a diary fever. [Obs.] "Diary ague." --Bacon.
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Language Translation for : diary
Spanish: diario,
German: das Tagebuch,
Japanese: 日記
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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).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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