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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