vergetelboek

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Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From vergetel (forgetful) +‎ boek (book). Compare West Frisian ferjittelboek.

Noun[edit]

vergetelboek n (plural vergetelboeken, diminutive vergetelboekje n)

  1. (rare) Oblivion, rhetorically presented as a book in which things that are consigned to oblivion are inscribed.
    Het is beter als deze zwarte dag in het vergetelboek raakt.It is better if this black day is consigned to oblivion.

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