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nostalgia

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Main Entry: nos·tal·gia
Pronunciation: \nä-ˈstal-jə, nə- also n-, nō-; nə-ˈstäl-\
Function: noun
Etymology: New Latin, from Greek nostos return home + New Latin -algia; akin to Greek neisthai to return, Old English genesan to survive, Sanskrit nasate he approaches
Date: 1729

1 : the state of being homesick : homesickness
2 : a wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for return to or of some past period or irrecoverable condition; also : something that evokes nostalgia

nos·tal·gic \-jik\ adjective or noun

nos·tal·gi·cal·ly \-ji-k(ə-)lē\ adverb

nos·tal·gist \-jist\ noun


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