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reminiscential

/ˌɹɛmɪnɪˈsɛnʃ(ə)l/

reminiscential adjective: of or relating to remembering; reminiscent.

Adjective

reminiscential (comparative more reminiscential, superlative most reminiscential)

  1. 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.1650, Thomas Browne, “Preface”, in Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC
    • 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...1932 August 29, “Proust”, in Time, New York, N.Y.: Time Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 13 Aug 2013
  2. 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.1889–1890, Henry James, chapter VIII, in The Tragic Muse […], volume I, Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Houghton Mifflin Company […], published 7 June 1890, →OCLC, page 150
    • There a ferry was crossing the river, and old Ben grew reminiscential. He had been a ferryman back in the mountains.1901, John Fox Jr., “Down the Kentucky on a Raft”, in Blue-grass and Rhododendron: Out-doors in Old Kentucky, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, published 1920, page 74

reminiscential meaning in Tamil

reminiscential in Tamil

பழைய நினைவுகள் பற்றிய

Forms of reminiscential

comparativemore reminiscential
superlativemost reminiscential

Origin of reminiscential

From Late Latin reminiscentia + -al.

Words formed from reminiscential

Questions about reminiscential

What does reminiscential mean?
Reminiscential means of or relating to remembering; reminiscent.
What is reminiscential in Tamil?
Reminiscential in Tamil is பழைய நினைவுகள் பற்றிய. See Reminiscential meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is reminiscential?
Reminiscential is an adjective.
How do you pronounce reminiscential?
Reminiscential is pronounced /ˌɹɛmɪnɪˈsɛnʃ(ə)l/ (UK).

Words near reminiscential in the dictionary

  1. reminiscencers
  2. reminiscences
  3. reminiscencies
  4. reminiscency
  5. reminiscent
  6. reminiscential
  7. reminiscentially
  8. reminiscently
  9. reminiscents
  10. reminiscer
  11. Reminiscere

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Adapted from Wiktionary: reminiscential (page history and authors); reminiscential (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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