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| nos·tal·gi·a [ no stáljə, nə stáljə ] |
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1. sentimental recollection: a mixed feeling of happiness, sadness, and longing when recalling a person, place, or event from the past, or the past in general
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2. things that arouse nostalgia: something, or things, intended to arouse a feeling of nostalgia or to evoke the past in a way that arouses nostalgia
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3. homesickness: a longing for home or family when away from either
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| [Late 18th century. < modern Latin, "homesickness" < Greek nostos "homecoming" + algos "pain"] |
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  nos·tal·gic adjective |
| nos·tal·gi·cal·ly adverb |
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