MEMENTO MORI
Me*men"to mo"ri. [L.]
Defn: Lit., remember to die, i.e., that you must die; a warning to be prepared for death; an object, as a death's-head or a personal ornament, usually emblematic, used as a reminder of death.
MEMINNA
Me*min"na, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A small deerlet, or chevrotain, of India.
MEMNON
Mem"non, n. Etym: [L., from Gr. (Antiq.)
Defn: A celebrated Egyptian statue near Thebes, said to have the property of emitting a harplike sound at sunrise.
MEMOIR; MEMOIRS Mem"oir, or pl. Mem"oirs, n. Etym: [F. mémoire, m., memorandum, fr. mémoire, f., memory, L. memoria. See Memory.]
1. A memorial account; a history composed from personal experience and memory; an account of transactions or events (usually written in familiar style) as they are remembered by the writer. See History, 2.
2. A memorial of any individual; a biography; often, a biography written without special regard to method and completeness.
3. An account of something deemed noteworthy; an essay; a record of investigations of any subject; the journals and proceedings of a society.