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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024rem•i•nis•cent /ˌrɛməˈnɪsənt/USA pronunciation adj. - [be + ~ + of] causing a feeling of remembering;
suggestive:a perfume reminiscent of spring. See -mem-.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024rem•i•nis•cent (rem′ə nis′ənt),USA pronunciation adj. - awakening memories of something similar;
suggestive (usually fol. 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.
- Latin reminiscent- (stem of reminiscēns) remembering, present participle of reminiscī, equivalent. to re- re- + -minisc(ī) (inceptive verb, verbal, derivative of the base of mēns mind) + -ent- -ent
- 1755–65
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