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prettygoodword ([personal profile] prettygoodword) wrote2019-09-10 07:40 am

diurnal

diurnal (dahy-UR-nl) - adj., of, relating to, or occurring in the daytime; occurring daily.


Dates to the 14th century, from Late Latin diurnālis, from Latin diurnus, from diēs, day -- which makes it a cognate of journal, in the daily sense.

---L.