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Definition of Reminiscent
1. Adjective. Serving to bring to mind. "A campaign redolent of machine politics"
Similar to: Aware, Mindful
Derivative terms: Evoke, Evoke, Reminisce, Reminiscence, Reminiscence
Definition of Reminiscent
1. a. Recalling to mind, or capable of recalling to mind; having remembrance; reminding one of something.
2. n. One who is addicted to indulging, narrating, or recording reminiscences.
Definition of Reminiscent
1. Adjective. of, or relating to reminiscence ¹
2. Adjective. suggestive of an earlier event or times ¹
3. Adjective. tending to bring some memory etc. to mind ¹
4. Noun. One who is addicted to indulging, narrating, or recording reminiscences. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Reminiscent
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Reminiscent
Literary usage of Reminiscent
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Survey of English Literature 1780-1880 by Oliver Elton (1920)
"V. reminiscent writing : memories of childhood ; recollections of friends ;
Charles Lamb. VI. The dream-territory ; prose fantasies ..."
2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"... reminiscent 'Child's Garden of Verses' (1885), which has been the forerunner
and inspiration of a great many volumes of poetry for children. ..."
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