Etymology From Middle English memorable, memorrable, from Latin memorābilis, from memorō (“to bring to remembrance”), from memor (“mindful, remembering”). By surface analysis, memory + -able, see memory. Doublet of memorabile (singular of memorabilia).
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Worthy to be remembered; very important or remarkable.
a memorable holiday
Men have surviving Fame to gain, By Tombs, by Books, by memorable Deeds1599, John Davies, Nosce Teipsum:
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But Mr. Hunt hated the character immediately -- Elmo wasn't edgy enough -- and, on one memorable morning, brought him into the Muppeteers' lounge "hanging by the rods," the chopsticklike bars that control his paws.1999 December 22, Jacques Steinberg, “Behind Squeaky Elmo, 6 Feet of Baritone”, in The New York Times:
Etymology From Middle English memorable, memorrable, from Latin memorābilis, from memorō (“to bring to remembrance”), from memor (“mindful, remembering”). By surface analysis, memory + -able, see memory. Doublet of memorabile (singular of memorabilia).
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Something interesting enough to be remembered.
These were all the memorables of our visit to Dumbarton Castle, which is a most interesting spot, and connected with a long series of historical events.1870, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Passages from the English Note-books of Nathaniel Hawthorne, page 237: