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nostalgic, a.|nɒˈstældʒɪk|
[f. prec. + -ic. Cf. F. nostalgique, It., Sp., and Pg. nostalgico.]
1. Of the nature of, characterized or caused by, nostalgia.
1806T. Arnold Insanity (ed. 2) I. 208 A variety of pathetic insanity, to which, from nostalgia its most usual appellation, I have given the epithet nostalgic. 1894Du Maurier Trilby (1895) 331 The desire to hear it once more became nostalgic—almost an ache! 1898Daily News 24 Feb. 3/1 The French songs..were invariably nostalgic.
2. Affected with nostalgia; home-sick.
1869O. W. Holmes Cinders fr. Ashes (1891) 244 We jogged soberly along,—kind parents and slightly nostalgic boys,—towards the seat of learning. 1877Black Green Past. xl, We dragged these nostalgic persons out on to the pleasant little iron balcony.
3. a. That evokes a wistful and sentimental yearning for the past. b. Feeling or indulging in nostalgia.
1944Evening News 11 Dec. 1/3 Britain, that nostalgic lover of vanished thrones. 1950A. L. Rowse England of Elizabeth v. 184 That nostalgic figure, the Town Crier, was becoming familiar. 1952N.Y. Herald Tribune 28 Aug. 16/7 The Empire Theater, fifty nine years old and ‘one of the fine old nostalgic houses’ will be torn down next spring. 1958B. Nichols Sweet & Twenties viii. 112 The charming thing snapped open, releasing a cloud of dust and a host of memories. The very sound of it was nostalgic. 1959Observer 18 Jan. 19/1 It had a sudden sharp nostalgic appeal for me because I immediately recognised in one of the chief testifiers a former assistant master at my preparatory school. 1965Church Times 18 June 6/4 The departure on Friday afternoon of the last train to be drawn out of Paddington Station..by a steam locomotive was..a nostalgic occasion. |