Why “immemoriality” is a great word
The quality of being so ancient that its origin lies beyond the very possibility of memory or historical record. From immemorial (from Latin immemorālis, from in- ("not") + memorālis ("memorable")) + the noun-forming suffix -ity. Unlike "antiquity," which speaks of a measurable ancientness, or "tradition," which implies a chain of transmission, immemoriality describes a past that was never present to any remembering mind. It is the silt beneath ancient lakebeds, the standing stone whose purpose no one can guess, and the stillness in the air before any language began—the profound, quiet anchor of our condition in a time before time.
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