reminisce
verb/ˌɹɛm.əˈnɪs/UK
Etymology
Back-formation from reminiscence, from Latin reminīscēns, present participle of reminīscor (“to remember”).
- derived from reminīscēns
Definitions
To recall the past in a private moment, often fondly or nostalgically.
- But in the blink of an eye, you kissed me goodbye And I reminisced of a better time
To talk or write about memories of the past, especially pleasant memories.
- I strive to be live 'cause I got no choice / And run my own business like my Aunt Joyce / So Pete Rock hit me, nuff respect due / When they reminisce over you, listen
To remember fondly
To remember fondly; to reminisce about.
- And now when life begins to get the best of me I reminisce these childhood memories
- He reminisced the old Parvati who was now this Parvati.
- She fondly reminisced the two years before marriage when Frank served in the US Army.
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An act of reminiscence.
- I met up with Alastair McQueen [former Mirror colleague] and we had a reminisce.
The neighborhood
- neighborremember
- neighborreminiscence
- neighborreminiscent
- neighborreminiscential
- neighborhark back
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for reminisce. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA