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Word: diurnal (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Adjective:

  • archaic Published daily.
  • botany Said of a flower open, or releasing its perfume during daylight hours, but not at night.
  • Happening or occurring during daylight, or primarily active during that time.
  • Having a daily cycle that is completed every 24 hours, usually referring to tasks, processes, tides, or sunrise to sunset.
  • uncommon Done once every day; daily, quotidian.

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Noun:

  • A flower that opens only in the day.
  • archaic A daily news publication.
  • archaic A diary or journal.
  • Catholicism A book containing canonical offices performed during the day, hence not matins.

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