单词 | reminiscential |
释义 | reminiscentialadj. = reminiscent adj. (in various senses). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > memory > retrospection, reminiscence > [adjective] > characterized by reminiscence reminiscential1646 remindful1797 meminiscent1812 reminiscent1828 nostalgic1838 reminiscenceful1889 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica Pref. sig. A iij Would Truth dispense, we could be content, with Plato,..that Intellectuall acquisition were but Reminiscentiall evocation. View more context for this quotation a1682 Sir T. Browne Christian Morals (1716) iii. 89 Trust not too much unto suggestions from Reminiscential Amulets, or Artificial Memorandums. 1780 T. Sheridan Gen. Dict. Eng. Lang. II Reminiscential, relating to reminiscence. 1853 J. R. Lowell Moosehead Jrnl. in Prose Wks. (1890) I. 1 At the sound of the name, no reminiscential atoms..stirred and marshalled in my brain. 1891 W. C. Hudson Man with Thumb i. 7 As the old man indulged his reminiscential vein. 1930 E. K. Rand Walk to Horace's Farm 29 We turn up the path, preceded by a peasant and his donkey, reminiscential of the faithful animal that conveyed Horace in state up that same path to his domain. 1965 Florence (S. Carolina) Morning News 8 Aug. b3/5 ‘April 1st is when school begins—“Cherry Blossom Time” is always a symbol to start school,’ she adds in a reminiscential manner. 2005 J. Sutherland S. Spender 506 At this reminiscential stage of his life, the past seemed like an adjoining room into which one could simply open the door. Derivatives ˌreminiˈscentially adv. ΚΠ 1880 Atlantic Monthly Sept. 290/2 ‘I went over here, the other night,’ added Mr. Peters reminiscentially. 1995 Southern Rev. (Nexis) 22 Mar. 251 He talked to Maynard all through lunch, reminiscentially, asserting that he had had a good life. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1646 |
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