memorious
memorious adjective: having an unusually good memory.
Adjective
memorious (comparative more memorious, superlative most memorious)
- having an unusually good memory
- He had forgotten ever writing the work until, ten years later, a memorious friend produced it in Palermo, newly refurbished by Rota.2000, The New Criterion, volume 19, numbers 1-4, page 59
- Synonyms:
- elephantlike
- Easy to remember, often for specific reason; memorable.
- Deeds they shall do so digne memorious glory, / song shall not suit nor Hist'ory hold the story.1880, Camoens [i.e., Luís de Camões], “Canto X”, in Richard Francis Burton, transl., edited by Isabel Burton, Os Lusiadas (The Lusiads): […], volume II, London: Bernard Quaritch, […], →OCLC, stanza...
- Synonyms:
- memorable
- Relating to memories.
- As a space inhabited in the present, it often houses material elements from the family's history, serving as a memorious map that describes and explains the family's genealogy and narratives of its past.2017, Brady Wagoner, Handbook of Culture and Memory, page 106
Synonyms of memorious
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Forms of memorious
| comparative | more memorious |
|---|---|
| superlative | most memorious |
Words formed from memorious
Words that rhyme with memorious
- glorious
- notorious
- uproarious
- censorious
- laborious
- inglorious
- unglorious
- victorious
- amatorious
- deletorious
- desultorious
- maritorious
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Questions about memorious
- What does memorious mean?
- Memorious means having an unusually good memory.
- What part of speech is memorious?
- Memorious is an adjective.
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