chronicle
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Definition of chronicle
2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
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A written account of events and when they happened, ordered by time.
“Also a choice cachinatory chronicle, entitled "How to Laugh, and what to Laugh at."”
“Little disappointed, then, she turned attention to "Chat of the Social World," gossip which exercised potent fascination upon the girl's intelligence. She devoured with more avidity than she had her food those pretentiously phrased chronicles of the snobocracy—[…]—distilling therefrom an acid envy that robbed her napoleon of all its flavor.”
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noun
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A written account of events and when they happened, ordered by time.
“Also a choice cachinatory chronicle, entitled "How to Laugh, and what to Laugh at."”
“Little disappointed, then, she turned attention to "Chat of the Social World," gossip which exercised potent fascination upon the girl's intelligence. She devoured with more avidity than she had her food those pretentiously phrased chronicles of the snobocracy—[…]—distilling therefrom an acid envy that robbed her napoleon of all its flavor.”
verb
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(transitive)To record in or as in a chronicle.
“The posterists of Austin chronicled the changing social landscape and graphically redefined Texas for the rest of the country and the world […]”
“As the board’s director, Ms. Jankowicz, 33, bore the brunt of the attacks, a subject she knows well. Her most recent book, called “How to Be a Woman Online,” chronicles abuses she and other women face from trolls and other malign actors on the internet.”
“The stars also worked on a Disney+ docuseries chronicling the purchase and stewardship of the club, who currently play in the National League, which was being filmed when the King and Queen Consort visited.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Middle English cronicle, cronycle, from Anglo-Norman cronicle, from Old French cronike, from Latin chronica, from Ancient Greek χρονικός (khronikós, “of or concerning time”), from χρόνος (khrónos, “time”).
Words you can make from chronicle
200+ playable · top: CHOLERIC (15 pts)
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12 words6-letter words
34 words- CHICER 13 pts
- CHICLE 13 pts
- CHOICE 13 pts
- CHORIC 13 pts
- CLENCH 13 pts
- CLICHE 13 pts
- CLINCH 13 pts
- CLOCHE 13 pts
- COCHIN 13 pts
- ECHOIC 13 pts
- CHOLER 11 pts
- COHEIR 11 pts
- ENRICH 11 pts
- HEROIC 11 pts
- INCHER 11 pts
- LICHEN 11 pts
- ORCHIL 11 pts
- RICHEN 11 pts
- CICERO 10 pts
- CIRCLE 10 pts
- CLERIC 10 pts
- CLONIC 10 pts
- HEROIN 9 pts
- HOLIER 9 pts
- CINEOL 8 pts
- CLONER 8 pts
- COILER 8 pts
- COINER 8 pts
- CORNEL 8 pts
- ENOLIC 8 pts
- ORCEIN 8 pts
- RECOIL 8 pts
- RECOIN 8 pts
- NEROLI 6 pts
5-letter words
49 words- CHICO 12 pts
- CINCH 12 pts
- CONCH 12 pts
- CHIEL 10 pts
- CHILE 10 pts
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- LOCHE 10 pts
- NICHE 10 pts
- OCHER 10 pts
- OCHRE 10 pts
- CERCI 9 pts
- CERIC 9 pts
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- CLINE 7 pts
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4-letter words
70 words- CHIC 11 pts
- CHOC 11 pts
- CHIN 9 pts
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- LICH 9 pts
- LOCH 9 pts
- OCHE 9 pts
- RICH 9 pts
- CROC 8 pts
- ELHI 7 pts
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3-letter words
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