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apomnemonysis

apomnemonysis noun: the quotation of an approved authority from memory: ad verecundiam.

Noun

apomnemonysis (uncountable)

  1. (rhetoric) The quotation of an approved authority from memory: ad verecundiam.
    • Apomnemonsysis, called of some Dieu commemoratio, that is, the rehearsal of a saying: It is a forme of speech by which the Orator reciteth some saing or sentence of another worthy of remembrance and observation.1593, Henry Peacham, The Garden of Eloquence

Origin of apomnemonysis

From Ancient Greek ἀπομνημόνευσις (apomnēmóneusis, “recollection, quotation from memory”), from ἀπομνημονεύω (apomnēmoneúō, “to recollect, quote from memory”), from ἀπό (apó, “from”) + μνήμων (mnḗmōn, “mindful”).

Questions about apomnemonysis

What does apomnemonysis mean?
Apomnemonysis means the quotation of an approved authority from memory: ad verecundiam.
What part of speech is apomnemonysis?
Apomnemonysis is a noun.

Words near apomnemonysis in the dictionary

  1. apomine
  2. apomixes
  3. apomixis
  4. apomixy
  5. apomnemiopsin
  6. apomnemonysis
  7. apomorph
  8. apomorphia
  9. apomorphic
  10. apomorphically
  11. apomorphies

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