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reminiscent en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ˌɹɛməˈnɪsnt/
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From 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.

Meanings

  1. Of, or relating to reminiscence.
  2. Suggestive of an earlier event or times.
    • It was reminiscent of the rallies held by Adolph Hitler during the 1930s-1940s before adoring crowds in Nazi Germany. At many of these Nazi rallies, the German participants swore personal allegiance to their nation’s leader-Adolph Hitler over and above their own Nation-Germany. 2020 November 19, Richard Weintraub, “Trump's use of 'Newspeak' to explain away virus puts Americans at risk | For What It's Worth”, in Pocono Record:
  3. Tending to bring some memory etc. to mind (followed by of)
    • 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. 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:
    • That painting is very reminiscent of Picasso's later work.
  4. Remembering; undergoing reminiscence.
    • Some other state of existence, of which we have been previously conscious, and are now reminiscent. a. 1857, 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, published 1859–1860, →OCLC:

Forms

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most reminiscent Degree=Sup lexicographic
more reminiscent Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Deriveds

unreminiscent · reminiscently

Relateds

reminiscence

Synonyms

evocative · redolent · remindful · resonant

Translations (27)

es reminiscente (of, or relating to reminiscence) · sk pripomínajúci (suggestive of an earlier event or times) · es reminiscente (remembering; undergoing reminiscence) · bg напомнящ (suggestive of an earlier event or times) · gv aachooineeagh (tending to bring some memory etc. to mind) · de erinnernd (of, or relating to reminiscence) · fa یادآور (suggestive of an earlier event or times) · pl przypominający (suggestive of an earlier event or times) · de wachrufend (suggestive of an earlier event or times) · sk pripomínajúci (tending to bring some memory etc. to mind) · tr hatırlatan (of, or relating to reminiscence) · fa یادآور (tending to bring some memory etc. to mind) · de erinnernd (remembering; undergoing reminiscence) · gv aachooineeagh (of, or relating to reminiscence) · es reminiscente (tending to bring some memory etc. to mind) · de erinnernd (suggestive of an earlier event or times) · tr anımsatan (suggestive of an earlier event or times) · ru напомина́ющий (suggestive of an earlier event or times) · es reminiscente (suggestive of an earlier event or times) · de Erinnerungen hervorrufend (tending to bring some memory etc. to mind) · gv aachooineeagh (remembering; undergoing reminiscence) · fi samankaltainen (suggestive of an earlier event or times) · de erinnernd (tending to bring some memory etc. to mind) · de reminiszent (of, or relating to reminiscence) · tr andıran (of, or relating to reminiscence) · tr hatırlatan (suggestive of an earlier event or times) · fi muistuttava (suggestive of an earlier event or times)

reminiscent en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˌɹɛməˈnɪsnt/
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From 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.

Meanings

  1. One who is addicted to indulging, narrating, or recording reminiscences.

Forms

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reminiscents Number=Plur lexicographic