reminiscent

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] 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/

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)
   • 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.
   • (Can we date this quote by Sir W. Hamilton and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     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)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Turkish: andıran, hatırlatan

suggestive of an earlier event or times

• Finnish: muistuttava (fi), samankaltainen (fi)
• German: erinnernd (de), wachrufend
• Persian: یادآور (fa) (yâd-âvar)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Russian: напомина́ющий (ru) (napominájuščij)
• Slovak: pripomínajúci
• Turkish: anımsatan, hatırlatan

tending to bring some memory etc. to mind

• German: erinnernd (de), Erinnerungen hervorrufend
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Persian: یادآور (fa) (yâd-âvar)
• Slovak: pripomínajúci

remembering; undergoing reminiscence

• German: erinnernd (de)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

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.

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Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) reminīscent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of reminīscō