reminiscential

English

Etymology

From Late Latin reminiscentia +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˌɹɛmɪnɪˈsɛnʃ(ə)l/

Adjective

reminiscential (comparative more reminiscential, superlative most reminiscential)

Of or relating to remembering; reminiscent.
- 1646, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, 2nd edition, London: Edw. Dod & Nath. Ekins, 1650, Preface,
  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.
- 1932, “Proust,” Time, 29 August, 1932,
  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.
(of a person) Having a tendency to reminisce
- 1890, Henry James, chapter 8, in The Tragic Muse:
  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.
- 1901, John Fox Jr., Blue-Grass and Rhododendron: Out-Doors in Old Kentucky, New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1920, “Down the Kentucky on a Raft,” p. 74,
  There a ferry was crossing the river, and old Ben grew reminiscential. He had been a ferryman back in the mountains.

单词	reminiscential
释义	reminiscential English Etymology From Late Latin reminiscentia +‎ -al. Pronunciation (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌɹɛmɪnɪˈsɛnʃ(ə)l/ Adjective reminiscential (comparative more reminiscential, superlative most reminiscential) Of or relating to remembering; reminiscent. 1646, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, 2nd edition, London: Edw. Dod & Nath. Ekins, 1650, Preface, 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. 1932, “Proust,” Time, 29 August, 1932, 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. (of a person) Having a tendency to reminisce 1890, Henry James, chapter 8, in The Tragic Muse: 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. 1901, John Fox Jr., Blue-Grass and Rhododendron: Out-Doors in Old Kentucky, New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1920, “Down the Kentucky on a Raft,” p. 74, 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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