memoir

mem·oir

noun \ˈmem-ˌwär, -ˌwȯr\

Definition of MEMOIR

1

: an official note or report : memorandum

2

a : a narrative composed from personal experience b : autobiography —usually used in plural c : biography

3

a : an account of something noteworthy : report b plural : the record of the proceedings of a learned society

— mem·oir·ist \-ist\ noun

Examples of MEMOIR

1. a retired politician who is writing his memoirs
2. He has written a memoir of his mother.
3. a memoir of Hollywood in the 1930s

Origin of MEMOIR

Middle French memoire, from memoire memory, from Latin memoria

First Known Use: 1571

Related to MEMOIR

Synonyms: bio, life, biography

Related Words: autobiography; hagiography; psychobiography; pathography, tell-all; chronicle, history, past, story; obituary; character sketch, profile

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Other Literature Terms

apophasis, bathos, bildungsroman, bowdlerize, caesura, coda, doggerel, euphemism, poesy, prosody

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