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.