Meaning of REMINISCENT
| Pronunciation: | | `rem'unisunt
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| | Definition: | | [adj] serving to bring to mind; "cannot forbear to close on this redolent literary note"- Wilder Hobson; "a campaign redolent of machine politics" |
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| | Synonyms: | | aware, evocative, mindful, redolent, redolent of(p), remindful, reminiscent of(p) |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Rem`i*nis"cent\ (-sent), a. [L. reminiscens,
-entis, p. pr. of reminisci to recall to mind, to recollect;
pref. re- re + a word akin to mens mind, memini I remember.
See {Mind}.]
Recalling to mind, or capable of recalling to mind; having
remembrance; reminding one of something.
Some other of existence of which we have been
previously conscious, and are now reminiscent. --Sir W.
Hamilton.
\Rem`i*nis"cent\ (r?m`?-n?s"sent), n.
One who is addicted to indulging, narrating, or recording
reminiscences.
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