reminiscential
/ˌɹɛmɪnɪˈsɛnʃ(ə)l/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of or relating to remembering; reminiscent.
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "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 material of so-&-so’s gown."
- "1963, Edward Kennard Rand, Ovid and His Influence, New York: Cooper Square, Chapter I, iv. The Remedies of Love, p. 53, Turn a deaf ear to her flattery and tears. Above all, do not argue with her the justice of your case; do not give her a chance to argue. Burn her letters and her pictures; avoid reminiscential scenes."
- "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."
- "There a ferry was crossing the river, and old Ben grew reminiscential. He had been a ferryman back in the mountains."
Etymology
From Late Latin reminiscentia + -al.
Word Breakdown
- Suffix: -al
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /ˌɹɛmɪnɪˈsɛnʃ(ə)l/
Inflected Forms
more reminiscential (comparative)
most reminiscential (superlative)