reminiscent
adjective /ˌremɪˈnɪsnt/
/ˌremɪˈnɪsnt/
- reminiscent of somebody/something reminding you of somebody/something
- The way he laughed was strongly reminiscent of his father.
- She writes in a style reminiscent of both Proust and Faulkner.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- highly
- strongly
- very
- …
- of
- [only before noun] (formal) showing that you are thinking about the past, especially in a way that causes you pleasure
- a reminiscent smile
Word Originmid 18th cent.: from Latin reminiscent- ‘remembering’, from the verb reminisci.