reminiscent

English

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɹɛməˈnɪsnt/

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Adjective

reminiscent (comparative more reminiscent, superlative most reminiscent)

1. Of, or relating to reminiscence.
2. Suggestive of an earlier event or times.
3. 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.

4. Remembering; undergoing reminiscence.
   • 1859–1860, William Hamilton, edited by H[enry] L[ongueville] Mansel and John Veitch, Lectures on Metaphysics and Logic […], volumes (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

• evocative
• redolent
• remindful
• resonant

Related terms

• reminiscence

Translations

of, or relating to reminiscence

• German: reminiszent, erinnernd (de)
• Manx: aachooineeagh
• Turkish: andıran, hatırlatan

suggestive of an earlier event or times

• Bulgarian: напомнящ (bg) (napomnjašt)
• Finnish: muistuttava (fi), samankaltainen (fi)
• German: erinnernd (de), wachrufend (de)
• Persian: یادآور (fa) (yâd-âvar)
• Polish: przypominający
• Russian: напомина́ющий (ru) (napominájuščij)
• Slovak: pripomínajúci
• Turkish: anımsatan, hatırlatan

tending to bring some memory etc. to mind

• German: erinnernd (de), Erinnerungen hervorrufend
• Manx: aachooineeagh
• Persian: یادآور (fa) (yâd-âvar)
• Slovak: pripomínajúci

remembering; undergoing reminiscence

• German: erinnernd (de)
• Manx: aachooineeagh

Noun

reminiscent (plural reminiscents)

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

Further reading

• “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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /re.miˈniːs.kent/, [rɛmɪˈniːs̠kɛn̪t̪]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /re.miˈniʃ.ʃent/, [remiˈniʃːen̪t̪]

Verb

reminīscent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of reminīscō