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Coined by Viktor Weisskopf from the name of Ireneo Funes, a character who lost his ability to forget, in Jorge Luis Borges' short story Funes the Memorious (Funes el memorioso, 1942). See -ic, -ity.
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funicity
Today it means: An inbuilt quality of materials that permanently “remember” their original time and place of creation. Full definition →