nostalgia
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
nostalgia/nɒˈstalʤə/
▶noun sentimental longing or wistful affection for a period in the past.
– derivatives
nostalgic adjective,
nostalgically adverb,
nostalgist noun.
nostalgic adjective,
nostalgically adverb,
nostalgist noun.
– origin C18 (in the sense ‘acute homesickness’): mod. L. (translating Ger. Heimweh), from Gk nostos ‘return home’ + algos ‘pain’.
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