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nos⋅tal⋅gia

  [no-stal-juh, -jee-uh, nuh-]
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–noun
1. a wistful desire to return in thought or in fact to a former time in one's life, to one's home or homeland, or to one's family and friends; a sentimental yearning for the happiness of a former place or time: a nostalgia for his college days.
2. something that elicits or displays nostalgia.
Origin:
1770–80; < NL < Gk nóst(os) a return home + -algia -algia

Related forms:
nos⋅tal⋅gic, adjective
nos⋅tal⋅gi⋅cal⋅ly, adverb
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nos·tal·gi·a   (nŏ-stāl'jə, nə-)   
n.  
  1. A bittersweet longing for things, persons, or situations of the past.
  2. The condition of being homesick; homesickness.

[Greek nostos, a return home; see nes-1 in Indo-European roots + -algia.]
nos·tal'gic (-jĭk) adj., nos·tal'gi·cal·ly adv., nos·tal'gist n.
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Nostalgic

Nos*tal"gic\, a. [Cf. F. nostalgique.] Of or pertaining to nostalgia; affected with nostalgia.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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