nostalgia
nos.tal.gia \na:-'stal-j*, n*-; n*-'sta:l-; also no.-'stal-, no--'stal-,\ \-jik\ \-ji-k(*-)le-\ n [NL, fr. Gk nostos return home + NL -algia; akin to OE genesan-je--*X to survive, Skt nasate he approaches 1: HOMESICKNESS 2: a wistful or excessively sentimental sometimes abnormal yearning for ret urn to or of some past period or irrecoverable condition - nos.tal.gic aj