memorable

Etymology

From Middle French mémorable, from Latin memorābilis, from memorō (“to bring to remembrance”), from memor (“mindful, remembering”). See memory, and compare memorabilia.

adj

  1. Worthy to be remembered; very important or remarkable.
    Men have surviving Fame to gain, By Tombs, by Books, by memorable Deeds 1599, John Davies, Nosce Teipsum
    a memorable holiday

noun

  1. Something interesting enough to be remembered.
    These were all the memorables of our visit to Dumbarton Castle, which is a most interesting spot, and connected with a long series of historical events. 1870, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Passages from the English Note-books of Nathaniel Hawthorne, page 237

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