Membranous croup (Med.), true croup. See Croup.
Me*men"to (?), n.; pl. Mementos (#). [L., remember, be mindful, imper.
of meminisse to remember. See Mention.] A hint, suggestion, token, or
memorial, to awaken memory; that which reminds or recalls to memory; a
souvenir.
Seasonable mementos may be useful.
Bacon.
||Me*min"na (?), n. (Zoöl.) A small deerlet, or chevrotain, of India.
Mem"non (?), n. [L., from Gr. &?;, lit., the Steadfast, Resolute, the
son of Tithonus and Aurora, and king of the Ethiopians, killed by
Achilles.] (Antiq.) A celebrated Egyptian statue near Thebes, said to
have the property of emitting a harplike sound at sunrise.
{ Mem"oir (?), or pl. Mem"oirs (?) }, n. [F. mémoire, m., memorandum,
fr. mémoire, f., memory, L. memoria. See Memory.] 1. A memorial
account; a history composed from personal experience and memory; an
account of transactions or events (usually written in familiar style)
as they are remembered by the writer. See History, 2.
2. A memorial of any individual; a biography; often, a biography
written without special regard to method and completeness.
3. An account of something deemed noteworthy; an essay; a record of
investigations of any subject; the journals and proceedings of a
society.
Mem"oir*ist, n. A writer of memoirs.
||Mem`o*ra*bil"i*a (?), n. pl. [L., fr. memorabilis memorable. See
||Memorable.] Things remarkable and worthy of remembrance or record;
||also, the record of them.
Mem`o*ra*bil"i*ty (?), n. The quality or state of being memorable.
Mem"o*ra*ble (?), a. [L. memorabilis, fr. memorare to bring to
remembrance, fr. memor mindful, remembering. See Memory, and cf.
Memorabilia.] Worthy to be remembered; very important or remarkable. --
Mem"o*ra*ble*ness, n. -- Mem"o*ra*bly, adv.
Surviving fame to gain, Buy tombs, by books, by memorable deeds.
Sir J. Davies.
Mem`o*ran"dum (?), n.; pl. E. Memorandums, L. Memoranda (#). [L.,
something to be remembered, neut. of memorandus, fut. pass. p. of
memorare. See Memorable.]
1. A record of something which it is desired to remember; a note to
help the memory.