Misrememberings

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. A series of incorrect recollections or flawed memories that inaccurately represent past events or experiences
2. Instances of recalling information inaccurately, leading to distortions or errors in the memory of events
3. The act of remembering or recounting something incorrectly, resulting in mistaken beliefs about what actually occurred

Etymology: "Misrememberings" is simply the plural of "misremembering," a noun meaning incorrect memories. The base word is the verb "remember," which descends from Latin "rememorari," "to call to mind again," built from "re-" (again) and "memor" (mindful). The prefix "mis-" comes from Old English and attaches to verbs and their derived forms to signal error, so "misremember" means to recall something wrongly. Because the noun is a plural, its history is that of "misremembering" itself, which is formed from the verb "misremember," the "-ing" ending turning the action into a noun. Its plural adds "-s" in the usual way, so the form reads as a count of separate mistaken recollections rather than a single faulty memory.