memorabilityn.
/ˌmɛm(ə)rˈbɪlᵻti/, U.S. /ˌmɛm(ə)rəˈbɪlᵻdi/ = memorableness n. Also (occasionally): a person or thing worth remembering.
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the mind > mental capacity > memory > [noun] > fitness to be remembered
memorabilitya1661
memorableness1727
salience1938
saliency1965
the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [noun] > worthy of notice > of remembering
memorabilitya1661
memorableness1727
a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Kent 85 And how abundantly intituled [she was] to Memorability, the ensuing Epitaph..will sufficiently discover.
1834 R. Southey Doctor II. 132 The first years of Daniel's abode in Doncaster were distinguished by many events of local memorability.
1855 T. Carlyle Prinzenraub in Misc. (1857) IV. 351 There is one memorability of his last sad moments.
1866 T. Carlyle E. Irving 145 Frank was a notable kind of man, and one of the memorabilities, to Irving as well as me.
1903 F. W. H. Myers Human Personality I. 36 The memorability of an act is, in fact, a better proof of consciousness than its complexity.
1977 Gramophone Mar. 1396/3 Only its finale has invention of real memorability.
1988 F. Kaplan Dickens ii. 36 He thought in terms of the character sketch, the memorability of distinctive people.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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