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Word Meanings - IRRETENTIVE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Not retentive; as, an irretentive memory.

Related words: (words related to IRRETENTIVE)

  • RETENTIVELY
    In a retentive manner.
  • RETENTIVE
    Having power to retain; as, a retentive memory. Nor airless dungeon, nor strong links of iron, Can be retentive to the strength of spirit. Shak.
  • MEMORY
    F. mémoire, L. memoria, fr. memor mindful; cf. mora delay. Cf. Demur, 1. The faculty of the mind by which it retains the knowledge of previous thoughts, impressions, or events. Memory is the purveyor of reason. Rambler. 2. The reach
  • IRRETENTIVE
    Not retentive; as, an irretentive memory.
  • RETENTIVENESS
    The quality of being retentive.

 

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