Word:
Diurnal
Status:
Adjective
Meaning:
Active mainly during the day or happening every day.
Examples:
1) recurring everyday (diurnal tasks)
2) having a daily cycle (diurnal tides)
3) of, relating to, or occuring in the daytime (city's diurnal noises)
4) active chiefly in the daytime (diurnal animals)
5) opening during the day and closing at night (diurnal flowers)
Sentence:
His love was as constant and certain as the diurnal tides.
Origin:
Middle English, from Latin diurnalis
First use:
14th century
Synonyms:
day-to-day, daily, quotidian
Antonyms:
nocturnal, nightly
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Word:
Diurnal
Status:
Noun
Meaning:
Archaic, diary, daybook, journal
Sentence:
I lost my collection of diurnals last month.
First use:
1600
Synonyms:
book, bulletin, journal, gazette, magazine, newspaper, organ, paper, periodical, rag, review, serial, zine
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