Souvenir
//ˈsu.vəˌnɪɹ// noun, verb
noun, verb ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 An item of sentimental value, that is given or kept to remember an event or location.
"Back then, nobody knew in the schoolyard / Now then, you have grown up to be this hard / Go then, walk through this world with your heart scarred / You're the souvenir of sadness"
- 2 something of sentimental value wordnet
- 3 a reminder of past events wordnet
Verb
- 1 To take (something) as a souvenir, especially illicitly, for example during wartime. transitive
""Doubletime up to the ville and souvenir me one cute orphan, man, but be sure you get a dirty one, a really skuzzy one.""
Example
More examples"This will be a good souvenir of my trip around the United States."
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from French souvenir (literally “memory”). Compare memento.
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