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reminiscent

UK/ˌɹɛməˈnɪsnt/US/ˌɹɛməˈnɪsnt/
adjectiveC1Occasional — familiar, but not everyday · #11,076 of 15,258mostly written

Reminiscent means bringing something else to mind. Reminiscent of, strongly reminiscent, a taste reminiscent of almonds.

It nearly always takes of, and it is the careful way to say something resembles another thing without claiming they are the same. Critics use it constantly, since reminiscent of lets you note an influence without alleging a theft.

Definitions of reminiscent

  1. 1adjectivereminiscentBringing something else to mind.C1

    “The smell of the bakery was reminiscent of my grandmother's kitchen.”

reminiscent is a quality.

Where it comes from

Latin reminiscor means to remember, from re-, again, plus a root meaning mind.

  1. Latin

    reminīscēns

  2. English, today

    reminiscent

Built from

  • reminīscor · Latin — remember
  • re- · Latin — again
  • meminisse · Latin — to remember, think over
  • mens · Latin — mind

From Latin reminīscēns, present participle of reminīscor (“remember”), from re- (“again”) + min-, base of meminisse (“to remember, think over”), akin to mens (“mind”); see mental, mind, etc.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practise this word

reminiscent in the wild

  • Wagnerian rock is the merger of 20th-century rock and roll and 19th-century opera reminiscent of Richard Wagner or Phil Spector's Wall of Sound.

    Wagnerian rock

  • The play is reminiscent of the popular game, Forty Thieves, but with 12 piles instead of 10.

    Blockade (card game)

  • The mixture was formerly used as a tear gas and has an odor reminiscent of lilac.

    Xylyl bromide

  • The Frankfurter Kranz is considered reminiscent of Frankfurt as the coronation city of the Holy Roman Emperors.

    Frankfurter Kranz

  • Another notable characteristic is its knotted tail, reminiscent of Celtic design and similar to that of the griffin.

    Alphyn

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From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. These sentences were written by other people about their own subjects; they are here to show the word at work, not as anybody’s opinion.

Related words

the reminīscor family

reminiscereminiscent

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