03.27.2021 - By Merriam-Webster
Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for March 27, 2021 is: reminisce \rem-uh-NISS\ verb
: to indulge in the process or practice of thinking or telling about past experiences
Examples:
After the official reunion dinner, the old friends gathered at a pub to reminisce about their high school days, now long past.
"After seeing Giants 2020 first-round draft choice Patrick Bailey arrive for his first major league spring training, fellow catcher Buster Posey said he began reminiscing about his own debut camp in Scottsdale." — [Kerry Crowley, The Mercury News (San Jose, California), 18 Feb. 2021](https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/02/17/buster-posey-returns-to-giants-for-potential-last-camp-with-club-it-goes-through-my-mind/)
Did you know?
Reminisce and its relative [reminiscence](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reminiscence) come from the mind—that is to say, they come from the Latin word for "mind," which is mens. A root related to mens teamed up with the prefix [re-](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/re-#h4) to create the Latin verb reminisci ("to remember"), an ancestor of both words. Reminisce is one of several English verbs starting with re- that mean "to bring an image or idea from the past into the mind." Others in this group include [remember](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/remember), [recall](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/recall), [remind](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/remind), and [recollect](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/recollect). Reminisce distinguishes itself from the others by implying a casual recalling of experiences long past, often with a sense of [nostalgia](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nostalgia).