Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as nostalgia.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun Same as nostalgia.

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  • noun Archaic form of nostalgia.

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Examples

  • I can feel your pride, your joy, your understanding, your strong sense of 'belonging', your great love for the old stones ... and a touch of nostalgy too.

    rubrique - French Word-A-Day 2009

  • I can feel your pride, your joy, your understanding, your strong sense of 'belonging', your great love for the old stones ... and a touch of nostalgy too.

    rubrique - French Word-A-Day 2009

  • Early "New Avengers" did not even try to live up to the Avengers premise, which is indeed somewhat elitistic; it was a team born out of circunstance and sustained by the mix of Captain America's nostalgy with Iron Man's ambition.

    John Seavey’s Storytelling Engines: Avengers | Comics Should Be Good! @ Comic Book Resources 2007

  • Literature -- a sick nostalgy and a nonsense, a dwarf-acrobacy.

    The Agony of the Church (1917) Nikolai Velimirovi�� 1918

  • Strong melodies, similar nostalgy in atmosphere, mature music.

    Latest reviews @ Progarchives.com, the ultimate progressive rock music website 2009

  • But it was not just a nostalgy drive - In no small part, I had not visited Iztacala - despite several invitations - because ...

    Gunnar Wolf 2008

  • So if you hear this, stop to look and feel nostalgy, you might be around the same age as me (mid 20's or early 30's?).

    AnimeBlogger.net Antenna 2008

  • Danbala: yeah, maybe I shouldn't have referred to the whole of Scandinavia as I can only speak for Finland :) They're not exactly extinct here either, but here the smörgåstårta - or voileipäkakku - is a pariah albeit a nostalgy-inducing pariah) among savoury coffee-table treats.

    Pastry Pranks 2010

  • IC is a pan-European brand, so it better remain, even if I have nostalgy for the none/1)

    European Tribune European Tribune 2010

  • Y739 bats: [- Ooh, and you just gave a certain subset of 'Mudges a warm, nostalgy Clash Of The Titans flashback.

    Blogtimore, Hon 2009

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