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immémorial — immémorial, iale, iaux [ i(m)memɔrjal, jo ] adj. • 1509; lat. médiév. immemorialis ♦ Qui remonte à une époque si ancienne qu elle est sortie de la mémoire. Usage immémorial. De temps immémorial : de toute antiquité. En des temps immémoriaux. ●… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Immemorial — Im me*mo ri*al, a. [Pref. im not + memorial: cf. F. imm[ e]morial.] Extending beyond the reach of memory, record, or tradition; indefinitely ancient; as, existing from time immemorial. Immemorial elms. Tennyson. Immemorial usage or custom. Sir M … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
immémorial — immémorial, ale (i mmé mo ri al, a l ) adj. Qui est si ancien, qu il n en reste aucune mémoire. Des priviléges immémoriaux. • être en possession immémoriale, PATRU Plaidoyer 3, dans RICHELET. • La coutume immémoriale qui encourage les femmes… … Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré
immemorial — (adj.) c.1600, from Fr. immémorial (16c.) old beyond memory, from M.L. immemorialis, from assimilated form of in not, opposite of (see IN (Cf. in ) (1)) + memorialis (see MEMORIAL (Cf. memorial)). Something immemorial is ancient beyond memory;… … Etymology dictionary
immemorial — Immemorial, [immemori]ale. adj. Qui est si ancien qu il n y a point de memoire quand il a commencé. De temps immemorial. une coustume immemoriale. un usage immemorial … Dictionnaire de l'Académie française
immemorial — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ existing from before what can be remembered or found in records: from time immemorial. DERIVATIVES immemorially adverb … English terms dictionary
Immemorial — (v. lat.), undenkbar; woran sich Niemand mehr erinnert; daher Immemorialverjährung, eine Verjährung über Menschengedenken … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
immemorial — [adj] ancient, old age old, archaic, fixed, forever, long standing, of yore, olden, prehistoric, primeval, rooted, time honored, traditional; concepts 578,797,799 Ant. current, lately, memorable, new, recent, young … New thesaurus
immemorial — [im΄ə môr′ē əl] adj. [ML immemorialis: see IN 2 & MEMORIAL] extending back beyond memory or record; ancient immemorially adv … English World dictionary
immemorial — [[t]ɪ̱mɪmɔ͟ːriəl[/t]] 1) PHRASE (emphasis) If you say that something has been happening since time immemorial or from time immemorial, you are emphasizing that it has been happening for many centuries. [LITERARY] It has remained virtually… … English dictionary
immemorial — im|me|mo|ri|al [ ,ımə mɔriəl ] adjective LITERARY extremely old: immemorial hills from/since time immemorial for an extremely long time: the forces that have governed people s lives from time immemorial … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
