memorabile
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin memorābile, neuter singular of memorābilis (“being memorable or remarkable”), the neuter plural of which is memorābilia.
Noun
[edit]memorabile (plural memorabilia)
- (rare) singular of memorabilia
- 1832 March, [Walter Scott], “Letter Continued”, in St. Ronan’s Well (Waverley Novels; XXXIV), Edinburgh: […] Robert Cadell; London: Whittaker & Co., →OCLC, page 124:
- Talking of the drama, we had a miserable attempt at a sort of bastard theatricals, at Mowbray’s rat-gnawed mansion. There were two things worth noticing—One, that I lost all the courage on which I pique myself, […]. The other memorabile is of a more delicate nature, respecting the conduct of a certain fair lady, who seemed determined to fling herself at my head.
- 1948, Hearst's International Combined with Cosmopolitan, volume 124, page 142:
- The only mark for civilization, or what passes for civilization, is a compartmented life raft tossed up as a memorabile of the war.
- 1956, Pacific Northwest Library Association, PNLA Quarterly:
- That an attractive brochure be prepared which will serve as a memorabile of the Conference, outlining the program, listing the names of the members to be honored, containing a bibliography of publications of the PNLA, etc.
- 1956, High Fidelity, volume 6, number 2:
- Almost automatically, the main interest about a disk of this sort is extrinsic, as a memorabile of a vital personality.
References
[edit]- “memorabile”, in Collins English Dictionary.
- “memorabilia”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present: “singular mem·o·rab·i·le”
- “memorabile, n.”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin memorābilis.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]memorabile (plural memorabili)
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Latin
[edit]Adjective
[edit]memorābile
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