diurnal
adjEtymology
From Latin diurnālis, from diēs (“day”). Doublet of journal.
- borrowed from diurnālis
Definitions
Happening or occurring during daylight, or primarily active during that time.
- Most birds are diurnal.
- However, in general, lizards are more diurnal than rattlers, which may be one of the reasons why young rattlers are more diurnal than adults.
- Ere twice the horses of the sun shall bring / Their fiery torcher his diurnal ring.
Said of a flower that is open, or releasing its perfume during daylight hours, but not at…
Said of a flower that is open, or releasing its perfume during daylight hours, but not at night.
Having a daily cycle that is completed every 24 hours, usually referring to tasks,…
Having a daily cycle that is completed every 24 hours, usually referring to tasks, processes, tides, or sunrise to sunset; circadian.
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Done once every day
Done once every day; daily, quotidian.
Published daily.
A flower that opens only in the day.
A book containing canonical offices performed during the day, hence not matins.
A diary or journal.
- He was by birth, some authors write, / A Russian, some a Muscovite, / And 'mong the Cossacks had been bred, / Of whom we in diurnals read.
A daily news publication.
The neighborhood
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA