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#177408 06/15/08 03:39 PM
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Is there one?

Nabokov uses mnemonic as an adjective for memory describing an old, faded postcard in The Real Life of Sebastian Knight ("a dream-wide street with droshkies all awry under incredibly blue skies, which, farther away, melt automatically into a pink flush of mnemonic banality"), though, if you are going to pick nits, it's not quite on the nose. The nostalgic reminiscential won't do either. I realise memory itself is used as an adjective at times. Are there other options? If you ask me, memorial sorely wants a third sense.

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Hi H: You've probably already been there, but if not

http://onelook.com/?w=*&loc=revfp2&clue=nostalgic+reminiscence


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How about memorable?

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dale, what can I say? Did you even read my post? or did you just "skip-read", see the words "nostalgic" and "reminiscential" and offer the inevitable OneLook link?

Faldage, memorable is the adjective of memorability not memory.

It seems a little odd such a common word, along with thought, does not have a separate adjectival form; I thought something might be dredged up. (Travel, for example, as an obscure adjective: viatic).

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memorial or reminding, depending on the the exact sense - whether it is memory in the sense of reminiscing or memory in the sense of not forgetting.

Thought does have an adjectival form in thoughtful. Or in another sense, perhaps cognitive or noetic?

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memorial:


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To rephrase: is it possible to translate the phrase: "traces of memory" into an adjective-noun pairing other than, "memory traces."

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What?! Thoughtful is not the adjective of thought! It's the adjective of thoughtfulness!

AghghahghghhhhhHHHH!!!!!

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Interesting choice! This sculpture is amazing, and must be seen in person to be appreciated fully. You can get a feel for it, though, by looking at the photo and covering half vertically through his face. The left side (viewing) of the body is relaxed, almost with a hint of contentment, but the right side is tense and worried. In person one can stand and view it from the side, where it is even more apparent. It is very tall (15 feet or so?) and imposing. I highly recommend a visit to anyone who's never done so. :0)

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 Originally Posted By: Hydra
To rephrase: is it possible to translate the phrase: "traces of memory" into an adjective-noun pairing other than, "memory traces."





Are you going for poetic? How about "threads of remembrance"? :0)

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