memoir
Plural: memoirs
Noun
- A historical account or biography written from personal knowledge.
- an account of the author's personal experiences
- an essay on a scientific or scholarly topic
- An autobiography; a book describing the personal experiences of an author.
- A biography; a book describing the experiences of a subject from personal knowledge of the subject or from sources with personal knowledge of the subject.
- Any form of narrative describing the personal experiences of a writer.
Examples
- His MEMOIR of the Words With Friends tournament would surely be filled with tales of triumph and woe.
- James wrote a memoir of his grandmother shortly after she passed away.
- When I retire, I'm going to write my memoirs.
Origin / Etymology
From French mémoire (“memoir”), from Latin memoria (“memory”). Doublet of memoria and memory.
Scrabble Score: 10
memoir: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordmemoir: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
memoir: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 12
memoir: valid Words With Friends Word