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memorable

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mem⋅o⋅ra⋅ble

  [mem-er-uh-buhl]
–adjective
1. worth remembering; notable: a memorable speech.
2. easily remembered.
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Origin:
1400–50; late ME < L memorābilis worth mentioning, equiv. to memorā(re) to mention + -bilis -ble

Related forms:
mem⋅o⋅ra⋅bil⋅i⋅ty, mem⋅o⋅ra⋅ble⋅ness, noun
mem⋅o⋅ra⋅bly, adverb

Synonyms:
1. noteworthy, impressive, celebrated.
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mem·o·ra·ble   (měm'ər-ə-bəl)   
adj.  Worth being remembered or noted; remarkable: "memoirs of people who never had a memorable thought" (George F. Will).

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin memorābilis, from memorāre, to bring to remembrance, from memor, mindful; see (s)mer-1 in Indo-European roots.]
mem'o·ra·bil'i·ty, mem'o·ra·ble·ness n., mem'o·ra·bly adv.
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Word Origin & History

memorable 
1436, from M.Fr. mémorable, from L. memorabilis "worthy of being remembered," from memorare "to bring to mind."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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