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chronicle

  • /ˈkɹɒnɪkəl/ UK
  • /ˈkɹɑnɪkl̩/ US

Rhymes with -ɒnɪkəl

Where it comes from

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”).

noun chronicles

  1. 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."

verb chronicles · chronicling · chronicled

  1. 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 […]

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