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Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Having the quality of or containing reminiscence.
  • adjective Inclined to engage in reminiscence.
  • adjective Tending to recall or suggest something in the past.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Having the faculty of memory; calling to mind; remembering; also, inclined to recall the past; habitually dwelling on the past.
  • noun One who calls to mind and records past events.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Recalling to mind, or capable of recalling to mind; having remembrance; reminding one of something.
  • noun One who is addicted to indulging, narrating, or recording reminiscences.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective of, or relating to reminiscence
  • adjective suggestive of an earlier event or times
  • adjective tending to bring some memory etc. to mind
  • noun One who is addicted to indulging, narrating, or recording reminiscences.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective serving to bring to mind

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Latin reminīscēns, reminīscent-, present participle of reminīscī, to recollect; see men- in Indo-European roots.]

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

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. Reminiscent is not connected with remember.

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Examples

  • The hilishaya fixed me with his otherworldly eyes, his expression reminiscent of someone who had just discovered something smelly and rude sticking to the bottom of his foot.

    Fire The Sky W. Michael Gear 2011

  • The hilishaya fixed me with his otherworldly eyes, his expression reminiscent of someone who had just discovered something smelly and rude sticking to the bottom of his foot.

    Fire The Sky W. Michael Gear 2011

  • Asbach Uralt, a cognac and one of the most traditional trademarks in Germany, uses a traditional shape, a traditional typeface and a name reminiscent of tradition “uralt” means “ancient”.

    MARKETING AESTHETICS BERND SCHMITT 1997

  • Asbach Uralt, a cognac and one of the most traditional trademarks in Germany, uses a traditional shape, a traditional typeface and a name reminiscent of tradition “uralt” means “ancient”.

    MARKETING AESTHETICS BERND SCHMITT 1997

  • Asbach Uralt, a cognac and one of the most traditional trademarks in Germany, uses a traditional shape, a traditional typeface and a name reminiscent of tradition “uralt” means “ancient”.

    MARKETING AESTHETICS BERND SCHMITT 1997

  • The president hopes his country's taxmen sometimes called "revenuers", a word reminiscent of the Capone era will help him slay the monsters of corruption and fiscal overstretch that now prey on his country.

    The Economist: Daily news and views 2011

  • Joe Henry's song about Vic Chesnutt, "Room at Arles," has a title reminiscent of Vincent Van Gogh's painting "Bedroom in Arles."

    NPR Topics: News 2011

  • Joe Henry's song about Vic Chesnutt, "Room at Arles," has a title reminiscent of Vincent Van Gogh's painting "Bedroom in Arles."

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  • A brief Internet search confirms my suspicions: Infocom's Lurking Horror a title reminiscent of the Dunwich Horror? was an homage to Lovecraft & the Cthulhu mythos.

    JJ Abrams' Cloverfield speech at Comic-Con - VIDEO Dennis 2007

  • In retrospect, maybe it was a mistake to give a phone a name reminiscent of the line of "replicant" androids hunted down in the movie Blade Runner.

    Google nixes Nexus One 2010

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