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reminiscent of

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rem⋅i⋅nis⋅cent

[rem-uh-nis-uhnt]
–adjective
1. awakening memories of something similar; suggestive (usually fol. by of): His style of writing is reminiscent of Melville's.
2. characterized by or of the nature of reminiscence.
3. given to reminiscence: a reminiscent old sailor.

Origin:
1755–65; < L reminiscent- (s. of reminiscēns) remembering, prp. of reminiscī, equiv. to re- re- + -minisc(ī) (inceptive v., deriv. of the base of mēns mind ) + -ent- -ent


rem⋅i⋅nis⋅cent⋅ly, adverb
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