amnesiac
pronunciation
How to pronounce amnesiac in British English:
UK [æmˈni:ziæk]
How to pronounce amnesiac in American English:
US [æm'nizɪæk]
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- Noun:
- a person suffering from amnesia
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- Adjective:
- suffering from a partial loss of memory
Word Origin
- amnesiac (n.)
- "one affected by amnesia," 1913, from amnesia (q.v.).
Example
- 1. Anything as good as a crazily hormonal pregnant amnesiac with a tendency to yell at the wrong people ?
- 2. In the mind of an amnesiac , it seems the future may suffer , too .
- 3. In his room are photographs of his life before he became an amnesiac -- clive conducting an orchestra , his wedding .
- 4. It is an epic story about adventures of naija , an amnesiac underwater creature , who is in search of information about her family and her past .
- 5. They are inflamed , however , by different narratives of history , and by national media coverage that is often parochial and amnesiac .