reminiscence
/ˌɹɛm.əˈnɪs.əns/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.55 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An act of remembering long-past experiences, especially positive or pleasant ones, often fondly.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "Here was my chance. I took the old man aside, and two or three glasses of Old Crow launched him into reminiscence."
- "Fogel, working with a script by the journalist Kerry Howley, follows Winner from the age of nine to the aftermath of her plea, and organizes the movie around voice-over reminiscences by Reality (the character is played by Emilia Jones)."
Etymology
From Late Latin reminīscentiae (“remembrances”), from Latin reminīscēns, present active participle of reminīscor (“remember”); see reminiscent.
Origin
- Source language: Latin