Memoirish

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    In the style of a memoir.

    "This year you can soak up its pre-Woodstock, pre-civil-rights-age vibe from the pages of a new memoirish coffee-table book peppered with photographs of family groups on Newport lawns called “A Privileged Life: Celebrating WASP Style,” by Susanna Salk, and also from the movie “Evening” — another WASP-y “remembrance of things past,” like the Susan Minot novel on which it is based."

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"This year you can soak up its pre-Woodstock, pre-civil-rights-age vibe from the pages of a new memoirish coffee-table book peppered with photographs of family groups on Newport lawns called “A Privileged Life: Celebrating WASP Style,” by Susanna Salk, and also from the movie “Evening” — another WASP-y “remembrance of things past,” like the Susan Minot novel on which it is based."

Etymology

From memoir + -ish.

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