Immemorial
[ɪmɪ'mɔːrɪəl] or [,ɪmə'mɔrɪəl]
Definition
(adj.) long past; beyond the limits of memory or tradition or recorded history; 'time immemorial' .
Editor: Myra--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Extending beyond the reach of memory, record, or tradition; indefinitely ancient; as, existing from time immemorial.
Edited by Astor
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Beyond memory, that cannot be remembered.
Typed by Jody
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Primitive, ancient, archaic, primordial, timehonored, remote
ANT:Recent, modern, late, upstart, fresh
Typist: Susan
Definition
adj. beyond the reach of memory.—adj. Immem′orable.—adv. Immemō′rially.
Typist: Melba
Examples
- The sons have been called Arthurs, Uthers, and Caradocs, from immemorial time. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The joint family system, he said, has descended to us from time immemorial, the Aryan patriarchal system of old still holding sway in India. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Eridu, Lagash, Ur, Uruk, Larsa, have already an immemorial past when first they appear in history. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- From time immemorial the black pirates of Barsoom have preyed upon the Holy Therns. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- From time immemorial the manufacture of iron and steel has been followed in Germany, and that country yet retains pre-eminence in this art both as to mechanical and chemical processes. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- For she was to him what he was to her, the immemorial magnificence of mystic, palpable, real otherness. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- When the lake dwellers sowed their little patches of wheat in Switzerland, they were already following the immemorial practice of mankind. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- From time immemorial man has obtained salt from sea water. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The p riests were the preservers of such wisdom as had been accumulated in the course of man's immemorial struggle with the forces of nature. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Tradition and a seeming necessity had held him to life as he had found it grown up about his tribe since time immemorial. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The door opened, and his sister stood before him in her immemorial purple flannel dressing-gown, with her hair on pins. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- Coal gas can hardly be claimed as an invention, however, for natural gas from the bowels of the earth had been observed and used in China from time immemorial. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- From time immemorial it has been customary to arm some sort of a frame with wooden or iron spikes to scratch the earth after the ploughing. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- They seem to have been called customs, as denoting customary payments, which had been in use for time immemorial. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- According to the immemorial usage of waiters in all ages. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
Typist: Melba