4 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Diary \Di"a*ry\, n.; pl {Diaries}. [L. diarium, fr dies day
See {Deity}.]
A register of daily events or transactions; a daily record; a
journal; a blank book dated for the record of daily
memoranda; as a diary of the weather; a physician's diary.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Diary \Di"a*ry\, a.
lasting for one day as a diary fever. [Obs.] ``Diary
ague.'' --Bacon.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
diary
n 1: a daily written record of (usually personal) experiences and
observations [syn: {journal}]
2: a personal record book (as a physical object)
From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:
DIARY, n. A daily record of that part of one's life, which he can
relate to himself without blushing.
Hearst kept a diary wherein were writ
All that he had of wisdom and of wit.
So the Recording Angel, when Hearst died,
Erased all entries of his own and cried:
"I'll judge you by your diary." Said Hearst:
"Thank you 'twill show you I am Saint the First" --
Straightway producing, jubilant and proud,
That record from a pocket in his shroud.
The Angel slowly turned the pages o'er,
Each stupid line of which he knew before
Glooming and gleaming as by turns he hit
On Shallow sentiment and stolen wit;
Then gravely closed the book and gave it back
"My friend, you've wandered from your proper track:
You'd never be content this side the tomb --
For big ideas Heaven has little room
And Hell's no latitude for making mirth,"
He said and kicked the fellow back to earth.
"The Mad Philosopher"
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