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memorabilia

noun
/ˌmɛm(ə)ɹəˈbɪlɪə/UK/ˌmɛm(ə)ɹəˈbɪlɪə/CA/ˌmem(ə)ɹəˈbɪlɪə/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin memorābilia (“things to be remembered”); its use as noun is after Ancient Greek ἀπομνημονεύματα (apomnēmoneúmata) of the neuter plural of memorābilis (“memorable”). Its English use is perhaps after the Latin title Memorabilia of Xenophon’s collection of Socratic dialogues.

  1. derived from ἀπομνημονεύματα
  2. borrowed from memorābilia

Definitions

  1. Objects that are connected to or remind their owner of past events.

    • George has a collection of World War II memorabilia.
    • I can't remember / Give me a reminder / I collect, I reject / Memorabilia / Memorabilia
    • Have you seen the memorabilia / The rusty old memorabilia / The souvenirs of perfect doom / In the back of Louis Dakine's backroom

  2. Things worth remembering

    Things worth remembering: noteworthy points.

    • On the other hand, how uſeful is ſuch a faculty, if well exerciſed! To it we owe all thoſe intereſting apothegms and memorabilia of the ancients, which Plutarch, Xenophon, and Valerius Maximus, have tranſmitted to us.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for memorabilia. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA