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memorable

Pronunciation: /ˈmɛm.(ə)ɹə.bl̩/

The English word “memorable” has 2 meanings listed here.

adjective

  1. Worthy to be remembered; very important or remarkable.

noun

  1. Something interesting enough to be remembered.

Etymology

From Middle English memorable, memorrable, from Latin memorābilis, from memorō (“to bring to remembrance”), from memor (“mindful, remembering”). By surface analysis, memory + -able, see memory. Doublet of memorabile (singular of memorabilia).

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