FromLatinreminīscēns, present participle ofreminīscor(“remember”), fromre-(“again”) +min-, base ofme-min-isse(“to remember, think over”), akin tomens(“mind”); seemental,mind, etc.
reminiscent (comparativemorereminiscent,superlativemostreminiscent)
- Of, or relating toreminiscence.
- Suggestive of anearlierevent ortimes.
- Tending to bring somememory etc. tomind(followed byof)
That painting is veryreminiscent 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, pages4-5:The epidermal cells of the capsule wall ofJubulopsis, with nodose "trigones" at the angles, are veryreminiscent of what one finds inFrullania spp.
- Remembering; undergoingreminiscence.
of, or relating to reminiscence
suggestive of an earlier event or times
tending to bring some memory etc. to mind
remembering; undergoing reminiscence
reminiscent (pluralreminiscents)
- One who is addicted to indulging, narrating, or recording reminiscences.
- “reminiscent”, inWebster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.:G. & C. Merriam,1913,→OCLC.
- William Dwight Whitney,Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “reminiscent”, inThe Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.:The Century Co.,→OCLC.
reminīscent
- third-personpluralfutureactiveindicative ofreminīscō
