nostalgia

nostalgia
nostalgic, adj.nostalgically, adv.
/no stal"jeuh, -jee euh, neuh-/, n.
1. a wistful desire to return in thought or in fact to a former time in one's life, to one's home or homeland, or to one's family and friends; a sentimental yearning for the happiness of a former place or time: a nostalgia for his college days.
2. something that elicits or displays nostalgia.
[1770-80; < NL < Gk nóst(os) a return home + -algia -ALGIA]

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