immemorial

adj.
Reaching beyond the limits of memory, tradition, or recorded history.

[Medieval Latin immemoriālis : Latin in-, not; see in-¹ + Latin memoriālis, memorial; see memorial.]

immemorially im'me·mo'ri·al·ly adv.

adjective

Long past: ancient, high. See new/old.

adj

Definition: ancient, old
Antonyms: current, lately, memorable, new, recent, young

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IN BRIEF: Extending beyond memory, record or tradition.

From time immemorial the men of the town have been famous seamen, and have divided their energies between fishing and hating the English. — Willa Cather (1876-1947), U.S. novelist.

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - ældgammel

idioms:

• from time immemorial    i umindelige tider, fra arilds tid

Nederlands (Dutch)
oeroud

Français (French)
adj. - immémorial

idioms:

• time immemorial    de temps immémorial

Deutsch (German)
adj. - uralt

idioms:

• time immemorial    seit undenklichen Zeiten

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - πανάρχαιος, πολύ παλιός, ξεχασμένος

idioms:

• from time immemorial    από αμνημονεύτων χρόνων

Italiano (Italian)
immemorabile

idioms:

• from time immemorial    da che mondo è mondo

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - imemorial

idioms:

• from time immemorial    de tempo do qual não se tem memória

Русский (Russian)
древний

idioms:

• from time immemorial    с незапамятных времен

Español (Spanish)
adj. - inmemorial

idioms:

• time immemorial    desde tiempo inmemorial, inmemorable

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - urgammal, urminnes

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
太古的, 无法追忆的, 极古的

idioms:

• from time immemorial    自古以来

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 太古的, 無法追憶的, 極古的

idioms:

• from time immemorial    自古以來

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 사람의 기록에 없는, 태고의

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 記憶にないほど昔の, 太古からの

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) سحيق, ممعن في القدم‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮קדום, ישן מאד‬

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