reminiscent
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< Latin reminīscēns, present participle of reminīscor (“‘remember’”) < re- (“‘again’”) + min-, base of me-min-isse (“‘to remember, think over’”), akin to mens (“‘mind’”); see mental, mind, etc. Reminiscent is not connected with remember.
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reminiscent (comparative more reminiscent, superlative most reminiscent)
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- of, or relating to reminiscence
- suggestive of an earlier event or times
- tending to bring some memory etc to mind
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- reminiscent in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- reminiscent in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911