reminiscent
English
editEtymology
editFrom Latin reminīscēns, present participle of reminīscor (“remember”), from re- (“again”) + min-, base of me-min-isse (“to remember, think over”), akin to mens (“mind”); see mental, mind, etc.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /ˌɹɛməˈnɪsnt/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Adjective
editreminiscent (comparative more reminiscent, superlative most reminiscent)
- Of, or relating to reminiscence.
- Suggestive of an earlier event or times.
- Tending to bring some memory etc. to mind (followed by of)
- That painting is very reminiscent of Picasso's later work.
- 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, pages 4-5:
- The epidermal cells of the capsule wall of Jubulopsis, with nodose "trigones" at the angles, are very reminiscent of what one finds in Frullania spp.
- Remembering; undergoing reminiscence.
- 1859–1860, William Hamilton, edited by H[enry] L[ongueville] Mansel and John Veitch, Lectures on Metaphysics and Logic […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), Edinburgh, London: William Blackwood and Sons, →OCLC:
- Some other state of existence, of which we have been previously conscious, and are now reminiscent.
Synonyms
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editTranslations
editof, or relating to reminiscence
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suggestive of an earlier event or times
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tending to bring some memory etc. to mind
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remembering; undergoing reminiscence
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Noun
editreminiscent (plural reminiscents)
- One who is addicted to indulging, narrating, or recording reminiscences.
Further reading
edit- “reminiscent”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “reminiscent”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Latin
editPronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /re.miˈniːs.kent/, [rɛmɪˈniːs̠kɛn̪t̪]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /re.miˈniʃ.ʃent/, [remiˈniʃːen̪t̪]
Verb
editreminīscent
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