DIARY
What does "DIARY" mean?
A book in which one records daily events, experiences, or thoughts.
Meanings
- A personal daily record of events, thoughts, and feelings. She kept a diary all through the war and never missed a night.
- A book or app for noting future appointments and engagements (chiefly British). Let me check my diary - I think Thursday is free.
Did you know?
- Samuel Pepys kept his famous diary from 1660 to 1669 in shorthand cipher, giving history its closest eyewitness account of the 1666 Great Fire of London.
Word origin
From Latin 'diarium', a daily allowance or daily record, from 'dies' meaning 'day'.
Remember it
A DIARY records your DAY - both trace back to the Latin 'dies', meaning day.
A little poem
Dear nobody, here:
today I was almost brave-
the page keeps it safe.
haiku
Wordplay
- I started a diary about procrastination. So far it's just a lot of blank tomorrows.
What it teaches
A day written down is a day you get to keep; memory edits, but the page does not.
Quick facts
What does DIARY mean?
A book in which one records daily events, experiences, or thoughts.
Is DIARY a valid word?
Yes — DIARY is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is DIARY?
DIARY has 5 letters and 3 syllables.
Where does DIARY come from?
From Latin 'diarium', a daily allowance or daily record, from 'dies' meaning 'day'.
What can DIARY teach us?
A day written down is a day you get to keep; memory edits, but the page does not.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.