| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Noun Plural | 1. Plural inflection of the noun memento.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Noun Base (memento) | 1. A reminder of past events.[Wordnet]. 2. A hint, suggestion, token, or memorial, to awaken memory; that which reminds or recalls to memory; a souvenir.[Websters]. | |
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Date "MEMENTOS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1821. (references) |
Specialty Definition: memento
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Noun] A hint, suggestion; notice or memorial to awaken memory; that which reminds. He is but a man, and seasonable mementos may be useful.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Geography | Memento is geographically located in Colombia. Its features include a populated place (a city, town, village, or other agglomeration of buildings where people live and work). Its geographic coordinates are 11.150833 degrees North latitude and 72.581111 degrees West longitude. (references) | ||
| Wiktionary | [Noun] A keepsake; an object kept as a reminder of a place or event. I kept the shell as a memento of my visit to the seashore. (references) | ||
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Common Expressions: memento
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Memento mori | A reminder (as a death's head) of your mortality. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Memento mori | Memento mori is a Latin phrase that may be freely translated as "Remember that you are mortal" or "Remember your death" (literally "remember mortality"). It names a genre of artistic creations that vary widely from one another, but which all share the same purpose, which is to remind people of their own mortality. (references) | ||
| The Last Memento Of The Beatles | Abbey Road . Vincent Ruello is the current custodian. The artifact is the last known work of art fully signed by The Beatles in existence. The Beatles wrote to Vincent Ruello in late 1997 asking him how much he wished to sell it for to them but negotiations went nowhere. (references) | ||
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Specialty Expressions: memento
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Memento Mori | Literature | 1: (A). Something to put us in mind of the shortness and uncertainty of life. 2: "I make as good use of it [Bardolph's face] as many a man doth of a death's head or a memento mori."- Shakespeare: Henry IV., iii. 3. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. | |
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