different between utmost vs memorable

English

Etymology

From Middle English utmest, utemest [and other forms], from Old English ?tmest, ?temest [and other forms], from ?t, ?te (“out; outdoors, outside”) + -mest (suffix meaning ‘furthest’, used to form superlatives of some adjectives) (and conflated with most). ?t is derived from Proto-Germanic *?t (“out, outward”), from Proto-Indo-European *úd (“out, outward”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??tm?(??)st/
• (General American) enPR: ?t'm?st, IPA^(key): /??tmo??st/, [???-], [??t-]
• Hyphenation: ut?most

Adjective

utmost (not comparable)

1. Situated at the most distant limit; farthest, outermost.

   Synonyms: outmost, uttermost, yondermost
2. The most extreme; greatest, ultimate.

Derived terms

• utmostly

Related terms

• outermost
• outmost
• uttermost

Translations

Noun

utmost (countable and uncountable, plural utmosts)

1. The greatest possible capability, extent, or quantity; maximum.

   Synonym: yondermost

Translations

References

English

Etymology

From Middle French mémorable, from Latin memorabilis, from memor? (“to bring to remembrance”), from memor (“mindful, remembering”). See memory, and confer memorabilia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?m(?)??bl?/
• Hyphenation: mem?or?able

Adjective

memorable (comparative more memorable, superlative most memorable)

1. Worthy to be remembered; very important or remarkable.

   Surviving fame to gain, By tombs, by books, by memorable deeds. -Sir John Davies.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:memorable

Derived terms

• memorableness
• memorability
• memorably

Translations

Spanish

Adjective

memorable (plural memorables)

1. memorable

Related terms

• memoria