reminiscence
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
reminiscence/remɪˈnɪsns/
▶noun
- 1 a story told about a past event remembered by the narrator.
■ the enjoyable recollection of past events.
- 2 a characteristic of one thing that is suggestive of another.
– origin C16: from late L. reminiscentia, from L. reminisci ‘remember’.
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