Reminiscent Meaning
/ˌɹɛməˈnɪsnt/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjOf, or relating to reminiscence.
adjSuggestive of an earlier event or times.
Sentence Examples
The song was reminiscent of a barbershop quartet.
These white clouds are reminiscent of a flock of sheep.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The music was very ____ of the songs we listened to in high school.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The melody was ____ of a folk song she had heard as a child, stirring a deep sense of nostalgia.
Word Origin & History
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.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"It was reminiscent of the rallies held by Adolph Hitler during the 1930s-1940s before adoring crowds in Nazi Germany. At many of these Nazi rallies, the German participants swore personal allegiance to their nation’s leader-Adolph Hitler over and above their own Nation-Germany."
— 2020 November 19, Richard Weintraub, “Trump's use of 'Newspeak' to explain away virus puts Americans at risk | For What It's Worth”, in Pocono Record:
"The epidermal cells of the capsule wall of Jubulopsis, with nodose "trigones" at the angles, are very reminiscent of what one finds in Frullania spp."
— 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, pages 4-5:
"Some other state of existence, of which we have been previously conscious, and are now reminiscent."
— a. 1857, William Hamilton, edited by H[enry] L[ongueville] Mansel and John Veitch, Lectures on Metaphysics and Logic […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons, published 1859–1860, →OCLC:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The music was very ____ of the songs we listened to in high school.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The melody was ____ of a folk song she had heard as a child, stirring a deep sense of nostalgia.