reminiscential
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/ˌɹɛmɪnɪˈsɛnʃ(ə)l/
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Definition of reminiscential
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
adj
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Of or relating to remembering; reminiscent.
“Would truth dispense, we could be content, with Plato, that knowledge were but Remembrance; that Intellectuall acquisition were but Reminiscentiall evocation, and new impressions but the colourishing of old stamps which stood pale in the soul before.”
“In his famed cork-lined (soundproof) room he lived, an invalid-recluse, for the remaining 17 years of his life, occasionally venturing out again into society to verify a point in his reminiscential writing, often summoning his fashionable friends to question them about so-&-so’s gestures, the material of so-&-so’s gown.”
“1963, Edward Kennard Rand, Ovid and His Influence, New York: Cooper Square, Chapter I, iv. The Remedies of Love, p. 53, Turn a deaf ear to her flattery and tears. Above all, do not argue with her the justice of your case; do not give her a chance to argue. Burn her letters and her pictures; avoid reminiscential scenes.”
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adj
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Of or relating to remembering; reminiscent.
“Would truth dispense, we could be content, with Plato, that knowledge were but Remembrance; that Intellectuall acquisition were but Reminiscentiall evocation, and new impressions but the colourishing of old stamps which stood pale in the soul before.”
“In his famed cork-lined (soundproof) room he lived, an invalid-recluse, for the remaining 17 years of his life, occasionally venturing out again into society to verify a point in his reminiscential writing, often summoning his fashionable friends to question them about so-&-so’s gestures, the material of so-&-so’s gown.”
“1963, Edward Kennard Rand, Ovid and His Influence, New York: Cooper Square, Chapter I, iv. The Remedies of Love, p. 53, Turn a deaf ear to her flattery and tears. Above all, do not argue with her the justice of your case; do not give her a chance to argue. Burn her letters and her pictures; avoid reminiscential scenes.”
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Having a tendency to reminisce (of a person)
“His curiosity had been more appeased than stimulated, but he felt none the less that he had "taken up" the dark-browed girl and her reminiscential mother, and must face the immediate consequences of the act.”
“There a ferry was crossing the river, and old Ben grew reminiscential. He had been a ferryman back in the mountains.”
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Etymology
From Late Latin reminiscentia + -al.
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16 words- CRIMINALISE 15 pts
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- INCREMENTAL 15 pts
- INCRIMINATE 15 pts
- MANNERISTIC 15 pts
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- ANCIENTRIES 13 pts
- CREATININES 13 pts
- INCINERATES 13 pts
- INTERCENSAL 13 pts
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10-letter words
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