"Diurnal" is a word in ENGLISH
Daily; recurring every day; performed in a day; going
through its changes in a day; constituting the measure of a day; as, a
diurnal fever; a diurnal task; diurnal aberration, or diurnal parallax;
the diurnal revolution of the earth.
A small volume containing the daily service for the
\"little hours,\" viz., prime, tierce, sext, nones, vespers, and
compline.
Relating to the daytime; belonging to the period of
daylight, distinguished from the night; -- opposed to nocturnal; as,
diurnal heat; diurnal hours.
Active by day; -- applied especially to the eagles and
hawks among raptorial birds, and to butterflies (Diurna) among insects.
Opening during the day, and closing at night; -- said of
flowers or leaves.
A diurnal bird or insect.
A daybook; a journal.
... My mother, daroga, my poor, unhappy mother would never... let me kiss her... She used to run away... and throw me my mask!... Nor any other woman... ever, ever!... Ah, you can understand, my happiness was so great, I cried. And fell at her feet, crying... and I kissed her feet... her little feet... crying. You're crying, too, daroga... and she cried also... the angel cried!...
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Happening, or belonging to, each successive day; diurnal; as, daily labor; a daily bulletin.
Read the complete definitionDaily; every day.
Read the complete definitionBeginning and ending in a day; existing only, or no longer than, a day; diurnal; as, an ephemeral flower.
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