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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary nos·tal·gia \\nä-ˈstal-jə, nə- also nȯ-, nō-; nə-ˈstäl-\\ noun ETYMOLOGY New Latin, from Greek nostos return home + New Latin -algia; akin to Greek neisthai to return, Old English genesanto survive, Sanskrit nasate he approaches DATE 1756 1. the state of being homesick : homesickness 2. a wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for return to or of some past period or irrecoverable condition; also : something that evokes nostalgia • nos·tal·gic \\-jik\\ adjective or noun • nos·tal·gi·cal·ly \\-ji-k(ə-)lē\\ adverb • nos·tal·gist \\-jist\\ noun English Etymology nostalgia 1770, "severe homesickness" (considered as a disease), Mod.L.(cf. Fr. nostalgie, 1802), coined 1668 by Johannes Hofer as a rendering of Ger. heimweh, from Gk. nostos "homecoming" + algos "pain, grief, distress" (see -algia). Transferred sense (the main modern one) of "wistful yearning for the past" first recorded 1920. Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 nostalgia nos·tal·gia / nC5stAldVE; NAmE nE5s-; nB:5s- / noun[U] a feeling of sadness mixed with pleasure and affection when you think of happy times in the past 怀旧；念旧: a sense / wave / pang of nostalgia 怀旧感；一阵强烈的怀旧之情 She is filled with nostalgia for her own college days. 她对自己的大学时代充满了怀念之情。 • nos·tal·gic / nC5stAldVik; NAmE nE5s-; nB:5s- / adj.: nostalgic memories 引起怀旧之情的回忆 I feel quite nostalgic for the place where I grew up. 我很怀念我成长的地方。 • nos·tal·gic·al·ly / -kli / adv.: to look back nostalgically to your childhood 怀缅童年时光 Oxford Collocations Dictionary for Students of English nostalgia noun ADJ. great | pure an evening of pure nostalgia QUANT. wave A wave of nostalgia came over him. VERB + NOSTALGIA feel He thought back to his time as a student and felt no nostalgia for any of it. | evoke | indulge in, wallow in NOSTALGIA + NOUN buff Nostalgia buffs gathered for the auction of wartime memorabilia. | trip The college reunion was a great nostalgia trip. PREP. with ~ I remember it with great nostalgia. | ~ for She felt great nostalgia for the old way of life. PHRASES a feeling/sense of nostalgia Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged nos·tal·gia \nəˈstalj(ē)ə, näˈ- sometimes nōˈ- or nȯˈ- or -täl-\ noun (-s) Etymology: New Latin (translation of German heimweh), from Greek nostos return home + New Latin -algia; akin to Old English genesan to survive, Old High German ginesan to survive, Gothic ganisan to get well, be saved, Sanskrit nasate he approaches, joins 1. a. archaic : a severe melancholia caused by protracted absence from home or native place b. : homesickness 2. : a wistful or excessively sentimental sometimes abnormal yearning for return to or return of some real or romanticized period or irrecoverable condition or setting in the past < nostalgia for his more impressionable youth > < felt a sudden pang of nostalgia for German music > • nos·tal·gic \nəˈstaljik, (ˈ)nä|s-, -jēk sometimes (ˈ)nȯ|s or (ˈ)nō|s- or -täl-\ adjective or noun • nos·tal·gi·cal·ly \-jə̇k(ə)lē, -jēk-, -li\ adverb |
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