memorable English · revision 10742

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=1436|origins=frm mémorable|origins=la memorabilis}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˈmem.ər.ə.bəl/^(Roach et al. 2011)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|frm|mémorable]], a learned borrowing of Latin memorābilis, worth remembering,^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) from memorāre, to bring to mind, from memor, mindful (see [[memory]]).^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(NODE 1998)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Worth remembering, not to be forgotten: 1436 in Barnhart, the mid-15th century in Etymonline, 1483 in the OED.^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Easy to remember is from 1599, a rare sense then.^(OED 1989) The plural noun memorables, things worth remembering, is from 1611, in the sense of [[memorabilia]].^(OED 1989) ''Memorably'' and ''memorableness'' are from the 18th century in the OED.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1436 – worth remembering.^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * 1599 – easy to remember.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1611 – memorables (noun).^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Worth remembering; [[remarkable]]: ''a memorable evening''.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # Easily remembered.^(Collins 2023)^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[memorability]]

+ * [[memorably]]

+ * [[memorableness]]

+ * [[unmemorable]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[memory]]

+ * [[memorial]]

+ * [[memorabilia]]

+ * [[remember]]

+ * [[memoir]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}