NOSTALGIA


Meaning of NOSTALGIA in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ nä-ˈstal-jə, nə- also ]

nȯ-, nō-; nə-ˈstäl- 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-)lē adverb

• nos·tal·gist -jist noun

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.