memorious

memorious

English

Adjective

memorious (comparative more memorious, superlative most memorious)

1. (of a person) having an unusually good memory
   • 2000, The New Criterion (volume 19, issues 1-4, page 59)

     He had forgotten ever writing the work until, ten years later, a memorious friend produced it in Palermo, newly refurbished by Rota.

2. Easy to remember, often for specific reason; memorable.
   • 1880, Richard Francis Burton, Os Lusíadas, volume II, page 387:

     Deeds they shall do so digne memorious glory, / song shall not suit nor Hist'ory hold the story.

3. Relating to memories.
   • 2017, Brady Wagoner, Handbook of Culture and Memory (page 106)

     As a space inhabited in the present, it often houses material elements from the family's history, serving as a memorious map that describes and explains the family's genealogy and narratives of its past.

Synonyms

• (having a good memory) elephantlike, retentive, tenacious; see also Thesaurus:memorious
• (easy to remember) memorable; see also Thesaurus:memorable

Antonyms

• (having a good memory) forgetful

Further reading

• Funes the Memorious on Wikipedia.Wikipedia