immemorialadj.

/ɪmɪˈmɔːrɪəl/

Etymology: < medieval Latin immemoriālis, < im- (im- prefix²) + memoriālis (Suetonius) memorial adj. and n. Compare French immémorial (16th cent. in Littré).

That is beyond memory or ‘out of mind’; ancient beyond memory or record; extremely old.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > relative time > the past > oldness or ancientness > [adjective] > ancient or of early origin > beyond memory or immemorial

immemorial1602

dateless1606

immemorable1665

1602 W. Fulbecke Pandectes iv. 19 In making title by prescription and continuance of time immemoriall.

1696 W. Whiston New Theory of Earth ii. 109 Which..was the immemorial beginning of the Ancient Year long before the time of Moses.

1765 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. I. Introd. 64 They receive their binding power, and the force of laws, by long and immemorial usage.

1847 Ld. Tennyson Princess vii. 153 The moan of doves in immemorial elms.

1872 Wharton's Law Lexicon (ed. 5) Immemorial usage, a practice which has existed time out of mind; custom; prescription.

Phrases

time, times (also for, from time) immemorial.

ΚΠ

1593 R. Cosin Apol. for Sundrie Proc. (rev. ed.) i. vi. 38 Tithe lead is the chiefest part of the Ministers liuing, in such places where it is gotten. Which I feare me would hardlie bee yeelded (as it hath bene by time immemoriall) onely of pure good will.

1602 [see main sense].

1759 O. Goldsmith Bee 6 Oct. 7 This deformity..it had been the custom, time immemorial, to look upon as the greatest ornament of the human visage.

1760 Impostors Detected II. iii. x. 103 The beavers having been in possession of it [sc. the island] for time immemorial.

1831–2 Act 2 & 3 Will. IV c. 71 §1 Time Immemorial, or Time whereof the Memory of Man runneth not to the contrary.

1895 Educat. Rev. Sept. 123 The old-style naturalist had been working from time immemorial.

1913 Sat. Evening Post (Philadelphia) 22 Feb. 24/2 They say this blood-wage goes back to time immemorial—back to the day man first decided to break rock and his brother to till the earth.

2005 Belfast Tel. (Nexis) 3 Nov. There's an ancient rag-tree, where, from time immemorial, families have tied ribbons to a scrub of a bush.

Derivatives

immeˈmorialness n. (Bailey vol. II 1727).

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

单词	immemorial
释义	immemorialadj. /ɪmɪˈmɔːrɪəl/ Etymology: < medieval Latin immemoriālis, < im- (im- prefix²) + memoriālis (Suetonius) memorial adj. and n. Compare French immémorial (16th cent. in Littré). That is beyond memory or ‘out of mind’; ancient beyond memory or record; extremely old. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > oldness or ancientness > [adjective] > ancient or of early origin > beyond memory or immemorial immemorial1602 dateless1606 immemorable1665 1602 W. Fulbecke Pandectes iv. 19 In making title by prescription and continuance of time immemoriall. 1696 W. Whiston New Theory of Earth ii. 109 Which..was the immemorial beginning of the Ancient Year long before the time of Moses. 1765 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. I. Introd. 64 They receive their binding power, and the force of laws, by long and immemorial usage. 1847 Ld. Tennyson Princess vii. 153 The moan of doves in immemorial elms. 1872 Wharton's Law Lexicon (ed. 5) Immemorial usage, a practice which has existed time out of mind; custom; prescription. Phrases time, times (also for, from time) immemorial. ΚΠ 1593 R. Cosin Apol. for Sundrie Proc. (rev. ed.) i. vi. 38 Tithe lead is the chiefest part of the Ministers liuing, in such places where it is gotten. Which I feare me would hardlie bee yeelded (as it hath bene by time immemoriall) onely of pure good will. 1602 [see main sense]. 1759 O. Goldsmith Bee 6 Oct. 7 This deformity..it had been the custom, time immemorial, to look upon as the greatest ornament of the human visage. 1760 Impostors Detected II. iii. x. 103 The beavers having been in possession of it [sc. the island] for time immemorial. 1831–2 Act 2 & 3 Will. IV c. 71 §1 Time Immemorial, or Time whereof the Memory of Man runneth not to the contrary. 1895 Educat. Rev. Sept. 123 The old-style naturalist had been working from time immemorial. 1913 Sat. Evening Post (Philadelphia) 22 Feb. 24/2 They say this blood-wage goes back to time immemorial—back to the day man first decided to break rock and his brother to till the earth. 2005 Belfast Tel. (Nexis) 3 Nov. There's an ancient rag-tree, where, from time immemorial, families have tied ribbons to a scrub of a bush. Derivatives immeˈmorialness n. (Bailey vol. II 1727). This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < adj.1593
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