单词 | memorious |
释义 | memoriousadj. Now rare. Chiefly literary in later use. 1. Having a good memory; †mindful of (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > memory > retention in the mind > [adjective] > retaining memories, mindful mindyOE mindc1300 mindfula1382 mindly1435 remembrativec1449 memoriala1513 memoriousa1513 rememorant1528 rememberingc1595 unforgetful1632 remindful1719 unforgetting1777 a1513 H. Bradshaw Lyfe St. Radegunde (c1525) Prol. sig. a.iiiv Speciall frendes..Whiche lately requyred me [being] full memorious With synguler request and humble instaunce This lyfe to discrybe with due circumstaunce. 1599 R. Linche Fountaine Anc. Fiction sig. Liiiv If by the Tyrannie of fore-passed times, the memorious notes of such industrious fathers were not blotted out. c1600 Timon (1980) ii. i. 24 P. Do'st thou remember? Gelas: I am memorious. 1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. iii. viii. 563 Learned, wise and memorious [Fr. memorieux]. 1626 G. Sandys tr. Ovid Metamorphosis xiv. 296 Memorious [L. memores] of the Troian woes. 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Memorious, that hath a good memory. 1944 J. L. Borges Ficciones 131 (title) Funes el memorioso.] 1962 A. Kerrigan tr. J. L. Borges Ficciones 107 (title) Funes, the Memorious. 1985 London Rev. Bks. 6 June 9/3 These memorious authorities are going to be always on duty. 1987 Times Lit. Suppl. 23 Oct. 1157/2 Their superconductive, scattered, memorious minds. 2. Memorable; evocative of or rich in memories. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > memory > [adjective] > worthy of remembrance, memorable memoriablea1450 rememberablec1450 well-remembered1482 memorable1483 memorial?1504 memorousa1513 never-to-be-forgotten1586 rememorablea1641 unforgettable1806 nameable1858 memorious1882 salient1938 the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [adjective] > worthy of notice > of remembering memoriablea1450 memorable1483 memorial?1504 memorousa1513 unforgettable1806 nameable1858 memorious1882 1882 W. Sharp Human Inheritance 122 So may have blown some wind of thought Memorious from a past forgot. 1883 R. F. Burton & V. F. Cameron To Gold Coast I. 19 Shaggy Cintra..with its memorious convent and its Moorish castle. 1916 D. C. Scott Lundy's Lane 76 What lies beyond a romaunt that was read Once on a morn of storm and laid aside Memorious with strange immortal memories? 2004 N.Y. Mag. 12 Jan. 60/1 Some of these demons are long dead, some of them malevolent, but all coming to the scrumptious and memorious meal Jonathan is cooking up. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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