mnemonic

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< New Latin mnemonicus < Ancient Greek μνημονικός (mnēmonikos), of memory) < μνήμον (remembering, mindful) < μνάσθαι (mnasthai), to remember) < Proto-Indo-European root men- (to think); see mind.

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mnemonic (not comparable)

Positive
mnemonic

Comparative
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Superlative
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  1. Of or related to mnemonics: the study of techniques for remembering anything more easily.

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Singular
mnemonic

Plural
mnemonics

mnemonic (plural mnemonics)

  1. Anything (especially something in verbal form) used to help remember something.
    Example: To remember the colours of the rainbow, use the nmenonic: Richard Of York Gave Battle In Vain (Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet)

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  • mnemonic” in the Online Etymology Dictionary, Douglas Harper, 2001 [1]
  • Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967
  • mnemonic in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911