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diurnals

diurnals is the plural of diurnal.

Meaning of diurnal

Noun

diurnal (plural diurnals)

  1. A flower that opens only in the day.
  2. A book containing canonical offices performed during the day, hence not matins.
  3. (archaic) 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.1663, Samuel Butler, Hudibras, part 1, canto 2
  4. (archaic) A daily news publication.

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Questions about diurnals

What is diurnals the plural of?
Diurnals is the plural of diurnal.

Words near diurnals in the dictionary

  1. diurnalists
  2. diurnalities
  3. diurnality
  4. diurnally
  5. diurnalness
  6. diurnals
  7. diurnation
  8. diurnoside
  9. diuron
  10. diuronate
  11. diuronates

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