mnemonical, a.
(niːˈmɒnɪkəl)
[f. Gr. µνηµονικ-ός (see mnemonic) + -al1.]
= mnemonic a. 1.
| 1661 Hartlib in Worthington's Diary (1855) II. i. 45 It is the best mnemonical expedient to the acquest of languages. 1701 R. Fleming Rise & Fall Rome Papal (1849) 137 To remember the three heads themselves, with relation to the morning, the day, and the evening, as they are comprehended in these three mnemonical words, propose, reflect, and examine. 1839 Hallam Hist. Lit. II. ii. iii. §14 In these mnemonical treatises he [Bruno] introduced much of his own theoretical philosophy. 1847 Emerson Repr. Men, Uses Gt. Men Wks. (Bohn) I. 287 The history of the universe is symptomatic, and life is mnemonical. |
Hence mneˈmonicalist = mnemonist; mneˈmonically adv., in a mnemonical manner.
| 1867 Q. Rev. Oct. 427 Each one of these mysterious letters was taken, mnemonically, as the initial of some technical word that indicated one of these four methods. 1887 J. Gillow Bibl. Dict. Eng. Cath. III. 310 Hill, William, mnemonicalist. |