different between reminisced vs reminiscent

English

Verb

reminisced

1. simple past tense and past participle of reminisce

Anagrams

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English

Etymology

From Latin remin?sc?ns, present participle of remin?scor (“remember”), from re- (“again”) + min-, base of me-min-isse (“to remember, think over”), akin to mens (“mind”); see mental, mind, etc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???m??n?snt/

Adjective

reminiscent (comparative more reminiscent, superlative most reminiscent)

1. of, or relating to reminiscence
2. suggestive of an earlier event or times
3. tending to bring some memory etc. to mind (followed by of)

4. Remembering; undergoing reminiscence.

   • Some other state of existence, of which we have been previously conscious, and are now reminiscent.

Synonyms

• evocative
• redolent
• remindful
• resonant

Related terms

• reminiscence

Translations

Noun

reminiscent (plural reminiscents)

1. One who is addicted to indulging, narrating, or recording reminiscences.

Further reading

• reminiscent in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• reminiscent in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /re.mi?ni?s.kent/, [r?m??ni?s?k?n?t?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /re.mi?ni.?ent/, [r?mi?ni???n?t?]

Verb

remin?scent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of remin?sc?