reminiscent
[rem-uh-nis-uh nt]
- awakening memories of something similar; suggestive (usually followed by of): His style of writing is reminiscent of Melville's.
- characterized by or of the nature of reminiscence.
- given to reminiscence: a reminiscent old sailor.
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Origin of reminiscent
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Contemporary Examples
Just then Grozny was shaken by a powerful blast, reminiscent of the explosions of the past.
The overall Gehry design, he adds, is “reminiscent of a parking garage he did in Santa Monica.”
It was reminiscent of the old days of backroom politics and half-drunk reporters swaying against their typewriters.
Most women, even the hip ones, know the dirty old uncle thing is too reminiscent of dirty old uncles to ever actually be cool.
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June 20, 2014
Call me suspicious, but something in the ads is reminiscent of large guys in dark alleys offering to hold my wallet.
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Historical Examples
Her face lit up with a reminiscent smile, and then clouded again.
The Greater InclinationEdith Wharton
Its humor is irresistible and reminiscent of the time when the reader was Seventeen.
The Duke Of Chimney ButteG. W. Ogden
He said that the air was too reminiscent of a place where he was severely gassed.
Robie was busy at his desk, and not in humor for conversation on reminiscent lines.
The ArenaVarious
Geraldine gasped with reminiscent horror of that low-ceiled kitchen.
In Apple-Blossom TimeClara Louise Burnham
reminiscent
- (postpositive foll by of) stimulating memories (of) or comparisons (with)
- characterized by reminiscence
- (of a person) given to reminiscing
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Word Origin
C18: from Latin reminiscī to call to mind, from re- + mēns mind
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Word Origin and History for reminiscent
adj.
1705, from Latin reminiscentem (nominative reminiscens), present participle of reminisci "call to mind, remember" (see reminiscence). Related: Reminiscential (1640s).
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