memorable
[ mem-er-uh-buhl ]
/ ˈmɛm ər ə bəl /
adjective
worth remembering; notable: a memorable speech.
easily remembered.
Origin of memorable
1400–50; late Middle English < Latin
memorābilis worth mentioning, equivalent to
memorā(re) to mention +
-bilis
-ble
SYNONYMS FOR memorable
OTHER WORDS FROM memorable
mem·o·ra·bil·i·ty, mem·o·ra·ble·ness, noun mem·o·ra·bly, adverb un·mem·o·ra·ble, adjectiveWords nearby memorable
Example sentences from the Web for memorability
The memorability of an act is, in fact, a better proof of consciousness than its complexity.
Human Personality and its Survival of Bodily Death |Frederick W. H. MyersTwo other little passages, and only two, we will mention; which have in themselves a kind of memorability.
History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. XIX. (of XXI.) |Thomas CarlyleEvents rather which, except as characteristic of one memorable Man and King, are mostly now of no memorability whatever.
History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. XVI. (of XXI.) |Thomas Carlyle
British Dictionary definitions for memorability
memorable
/ (ˈmɛmərəbəl, ˈmɛmrə-) /
adjective
worth remembering or easily remembered; noteworthy
Derived forms of memorable
memorability or memorableness, noun memorably, adverbWord Origin for memorable
C15: from Latin
memorābilis, from
memorāre to recall, from
memor mindful