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单词 mem
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memn.2

Brit. /mɛm/, U.S. /mɛm/
Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: memsahib n.
Etymology: Shortened < memsahib n.
South Asian. colloquial.
= memsahib n.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous forms of address or title > [noun] > for woman
mistress?a1425
your (also occasionally thy) mistress-ship?1461
sir1578
goodwife1593
metresse1600
metreza1604
sirrah1604
mistershipa1616
Mrsa1637
ma'am1671
citess1793
Mis'1835
mem1890
1890 G. B. Shaw Let. 5 Feb. (1965) I. 241, 242 The giving up of the Musical Mems will be a gigantic—a Himalayan mistake.
1939 ‘N. Blake’ Smiler with Knife i. 19 Snug little billet, this. How does the Mem like country life?
1971 R. Dentry Encounter at Kharmel iii. 47 Respectfully, mem, you are tired. You come to the rest-house.
1988 B. Sidhwa Ice-candy-man xxix. 248 His hazel eyes dart frantically—like the sparrows he once trapped for the mems.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

memv.

Brit. /mɛm/, U.S. /mɛm/
Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: mem. n.1
Etymology: < mem. n.1
transitive. To note or write down as a memorandum.Apparently an isolated use.
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society > communication > record > written record > record in writing [verb (transitive)] > note down
notec1450
quote1573
note1590
memorandum1789
memorandize1912
mem1915
1915 W. J. Locke Jaffery v. 61 Once having ‘mem-ed’ an unpleasant thing in my diary, the matter is over.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

mem.int.n.1

Brit. /mɛm/, U.S. /mɛm/
Forms: late Middle English 1800s– mem., 1700s mem:, 1900s– mem (without point).
Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: memorandum n.
Etymology: Shortened < memorandum n. (originally as a graphic abbreviation). Compare memo n.
Chiefly colloquial when not a graphic abbreviation. Now rare.
A. int.
= memorandum int.
ΘΚΠ
society > communication > record > written record > [noun] > notes > specific part
memorandum1394
mem.1496
1496 in E. Hobhouse Church-wardens' Accts. (1890) 21 Mem. that the parysch payde for ij coppus xijl. xs.
1761 E. Raper Jrnl. 8 Mar. in Receipt Bk. (1924) 27 Mem. It may be so in regard to my temper as well as other's.
1765 J. Woodforde Diary 13 Aug. (1924) I. 52 Mem: We were to have had a Ham and Fowls for dinner there, but the maid forgot to boil the Ham.
1813 Ld. Byron Jrnl. 6 Dec. in Lett. & Jrnls. (1974) III. 234 Mem.—to return the visit.
1861 C. S. Calverley Dover to Munich 19 Tickets to Königswinter (mem. The seats objectionably dirty).
1897 B. Stoker Dracula i. 1 I had for dinner..a chicken done up some way with red pepper... (Mem., get recipe for Mina.)
1969 R. Rendell Best Man to Die x. 103 Wexford turned the page to Sunday, May 18th: C left for Leeds. Mem, will ring me 8 p.m.
B. n.1
= memorandum n. 1a.
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society > communication > record > written record > [noun] > notes
remembrancec1380
scrow1426
memoranda1450
memorialc1450
memorandumc1490
memoir1494
ticket1528
note1548
pamphil1571
notation1587
ricordo1617
notandum1645
bulletin1651
memo1705
remark1788
mem.1813
1813 Ld. Byron Jrnl. 6 Dec. in Lett. & Jrnls. (1974) III. 234 I never look at a Mem. without seeing that I have remembered to forget.
1827 W. Wadd (title) Mems. maxims, and memoirs.
1892 J. Payn Mod. Dick Whittington II. 63 Mr. Robert made a mem. in his mind that an ample provision should now be made.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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