Definitions for reminiscent

reminiscent rem·i·nis·cent

Spelling: [rem-uh-nis-uh nt]
IPA: /ˌrɛm əˈnɪs ənt/

Reminiscent is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.

You can make 655 anagrams from letters in reminiscent (ceeiimnnrst).

Definitions for reminiscent

adjective

  1. awakening memories of something similar; suggestive (usually followed by of):
  2. characterized by or of the nature of reminiscence.
  3. given to reminiscence:

Origin of reminiscent

1755-65; Latin reminiscent- (stem of reminiscēns) remembering, present participle of reminiscī, equivalent to re- re- + -minisc(ī) (inceptive v., derivative of the base

Examples for reminiscent

Just then Grozny was shaken by a powerful blast, reminiscent of the explosions of the past.

Call me suspicious, but something in the ads is reminiscent of large guys in dark alleys offering to hold my wallet.

The overall Gehry design, he adds, is “reminiscent of a parking garage he did in Santa Monica.”

Geraldine gasped with reminiscent horror of that low-ceiled kitchen.

Its humor is irresistible and reminiscent of the time when the reader was Seventeen.

Most women, even the hip ones, know the dirty old uncle thing is too reminiscent of dirty old uncles to ever actually be cool.

He said that the air was too reminiscent of a place where he was severely gassed.

Robie was busy at his desk, and not in humor for conversation on reminiscent lines.

It was reminiscent of the old days of backroom politics and half-drunk reporters swaying against their typewriters.

Her face lit up with a reminiscent smile, and then clouded again.

Word Value for reminiscent
Scrable

15

Words with friends

19

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