nostalgic
Variant of nostalgia
nos·tal·gia (nä stal′jə, nô-)
noun
- a longing to go back to one's home, home town, or homeland; homesickness
- a longing for something far away or long ago or for former happy circumstances
Etymology: ModL: coined (1688) as a medical term by J. Hofer, Swiss scholar, to transl. Ger heimweh, homesickness < Gr nostos, a return (akin to neomai, I return: see Nestor) + -algia
Related Forms:
- nostalgic nos·tal′·gic (-jik) adjective
- nostalgically nos·tal′·gi·cally adverb
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Is it possible to be nostalgic about old fears?
When we're afraid we shoot. But when we're nostalgic we take pictures.
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