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reminiscent

re·mi·nis·cent

UK/ˌɹɛməˈnɪsnt/ US/ˌrɛmʌˈnɪsʌnt/ uncommon

adjective

1.

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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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.

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