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reminiscence noun [ rɛmɪˈnɪs(ə)ns ]

• a story told about a past event remembered by the narrator.
• "his reminiscences of his early days in Parliament"
Similar: memories, recollections, reflections, remembrances, anecdotes, memoirs,
• a characteristic of one thing that is suggestive of another.
• "his first works are too full of reminiscences of earlier poetry"
Origin: late 16th century (denoting the action of remembering): from late Latin reminiscentia, from Latin reminisci ‘remember’.


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