Associations to the word «Memoir»

Wiktionary

MEMOIR, noun. An autobiography; a book describing the personal experiences of an author.
MEMOIR, noun. A biography; a book describing the experiences of a subject from personal knowledge of the subject or from sources with personal knowledge of the subject.
MEMOIR, noun. Any form of narrative describing the personal experiences of a writer.

Dictionary definition

MEMOIR, noun. An account of the author's personal experiences.
MEMOIR, noun. An essay on a scientific or scholarly topic.

Wise words

We cannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, and repetition impresses the subconscious, and we are then master of the situation.
Florence Scovel Shinn