vergetelboek

Dutch

Etymology

From vergetel (“forgetful”) +‎ boek (“book”). Compare West Frisian ferjittelboek.

Noun

vergetelboek n (plural vergetelboeken, diminutive vergetelboekje n)

  1. (rare) Oblivion, rhetorically presented as a book in which things that are consigned to oblivion are inscribed.
    Het is beter als deze zwarte dag in het vergetelboek raakt. ― It is better if this black day is consigned to oblivion.
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