Dictionary entry

Memorable

Webster's Dictionary 1913

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.