n.
Pronunciation: nä- ' stal-j ə , n ə - also no ̇ -, n ō -; n ə - ' stäl-
Function: noun
Etymology: New Latin, from Greek nostos return home + New Latin -algia; akin to Greek neisthai to return, Old English ge nesan to survive, Sanskrit nasate he approaches
Date: 1756
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 -)l ē \ adverb
– nos · tal · gist \ -jist \ noun