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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
wistful/ˈwɪstfl/

▶adjective having or showing a feeling of vague or regretful longing.

– derivatives
wistfully adverb,
wistfulness noun.

– origin C17: appar. from obs. wistly ‘intently’, influenced by wishful.

'wistful' also found in these Oxford entries:

nostalgia - Sehnsucht

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