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Nostalgia

//nɒˈstæld͡ʒə// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A longing for home or familiar surroundings; homesickness. countable, uncommon, uncountable

    "Seeing food at camp similar to his mother's cooking sent a wave of nostalgia through him."

  2. 2
    longing for something past wordnet
  3. 3
    A bittersweet yearning for the things of the past. countable, uncountable

    "an alumnus' feelings of nostalgia for his/her years in high school"

Etymology

From New Latin nostalgia, coined by Johannes Hofer in 1688 from Ancient Greek νόστος (nóstos, “returning home”) + ἄλγος (álgos, “pain”), calquing German Heimweh. Ancient Greek *νοσταλγία (*nostalgía) is unattested. Transferred sense probably influenced by French nostalgie, especially in literature. Compare Italian nostalgia, Spanish nostalgia, Portuguese nostalgia and French nostalgie.

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