Retentive
/ɹɪˈtɛntɪv/ adj, noun, slang
adj, noun, slang ·Moderate ·High school level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 That which retains or confines; a restraint. obsolete
Adjective
- 1 Having power to retain.
"a retentive memory"
- 2 Anal-retentive. apocopic, slang
Adjective
- 1 having the power, capacity, or quality of retaining water wordnet
- 2 good at remembering wordnet
- 3 having the capacity to retain something wordnet
Example
More examples"With deliberate malice I loaded a prolix narrative with every triviality that a fairly retentive memory could rake out of the half-forgotten past."
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French rétentif, from Old French retentif, from Medieval Latin retentivus, from Latin retentus.