nostalgian.

Brit.

/nɒˈstaldʒ(ɪ)ə/, U.S.

/nəˈstældʒə/,

/nɔsˈtældʒə/,

/nɑsˈtældʒə/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin nostalgia.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin nostalgia (J. Hofer Dissertatio Medica de Nostalgia, oder Heimwehe (1688)) < ancient Greek νόστος return home (see nostos n.) + -αλγία -algia comb. form, after German Heimweh Heimweh n. Compare French nostalgie (1759), Italian nostalgia (1764).

1. Acute longing for familiar surroundings, esp. regarded as a medical condition; homesickness. Also in extended use.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > melancholy > [noun] > nostalgia > homesickness

country disease1562

Heimweha1721

maladie du pays1749

homesickness1756

nostalgia1756

mal du pays1777

nostalgy1846

channel fever1850

1756 tr. J. G. Keyssler Trav. I. 141 At least it is thus Scheuchzer endeavours to vindicate the nostalgia, pathopatridalgia, or the heimweh, i. e. home-sickness, with which those of Bern are especially afflicted.

1770 J. Banks Jrnl. 3 Sept. (1962) II. 145 The greatest part of them [sc. the ship's company] were now pretty far gone with the longing for home which the Physicians have gone so far as to esteem a disease under the name of Nostalgia.

1780 J. Thacher Mil. Jrnl. (1823) 242 Many perplexing instances of indisposition,..called by Dr. Cullen nostalgia or home sickness.

1818 S. Smith Wks. (1867) I. 250 What a dreadful disease Nostalgia must be on the banks of the Missouri.

1842 J. Wilson Recreations Christopher North I. 57 That pond has..about half-a-dozen trouts, if indeed they have not sickened and died of Nostalgia.

1877 S. J. Owen in Marquess Wellesley Select. Despatches Introd. p. xlv One who was to spend so much of his life in the East..should not be hampered by ties and habits calculated..to foster nostalgia.

1937 W. S. Maugham in Cosmopolitan July 166/1 Some of the convicts..had such a nostalgia for France that they went mad with melancholy.

1986 J. Nagenda Seasons of T. Tebo iii. iii. 131 He opened the curtains... The clear light gave him a sudden pang of nostalgia for Africa.

a. Sentimental longing for or regretful memory of a period of the past, esp. one in an individual's own lifetime; (also) sentimental imagining or evocation of a period of the past.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > memory > retrospection, reminiscence > [noun] > old memories > longing for the past

nostalgy1846

nostalgia1900

pastism1921

the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > melancholy > [noun] > nostalgia

nostalgia1900

Wehmut1907

saudade1912

1900 Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 5 606 It is reason and convenience that lure him [sc. man] from the time-hallowed; it is nostalgia that draws him back.

1928 A. Waugh Nor Many Waters vi. 231 He pictures with a sense of nostalgia, too acute almost to be endured, all that marriage to Marian would have meant.

1933 D. Garnett Pocahontas xx. 234 Seeing all these things again filled her heart with that violent sentimental nostalgia..felt by the very young about the very recent past.

1959 Observer 8 Feb. 7/5 Nostalgia for one's childhood does not necessarily mean that the childhood was a happy one.

1995 Independent 12 May 21/5 VE Day became national nostalgia for a lost national connectedness.

b. Something which causes nostalgia for the past; frequently as a collective term for things which evoke a former (remembered) era. Cf. memorabilia n.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > memory > reminder, putting in mind > [noun] > keepsake, souvenir > collection of objects

memorabilia1855

nostalgia1976

murderabilia1989

the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > melancholy > [noun] > nostalgia > that which causes

nostalgia1976

1976 P. de Vries I hear Amer. Swinging ii. 28 Her potato bread was sheer mouth-watering nostalgia.

1979 United States 1980–1 (Penguin Travel Guides) 320 Pizazz..sell amusing nostalgia and contemporary adaptations.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	nostalgia
释义	nostalgian. Brit. /nɒˈstaldʒ(ɪ)ə/, U.S. /nəˈstældʒə/, /nɔsˈtældʒə/, /nɑsˈtældʒə/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin nostalgia. Etymology: < post-classical Latin nostalgia (J. Hofer Dissertatio Medica de Nostalgia, oder Heimwehe (1688)) < ancient Greek νόστος return home (see nostos n.) + -αλγία -algia comb. form, after German Heimweh Heimweh n. Compare French nostalgie (1759), Italian nostalgia (1764). 1. Acute longing for familiar surroundings, esp. regarded as a medical condition; homesickness. Also in extended use. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > melancholy > [noun] > nostalgia > homesickness country disease1562 Heimweha1721 maladie du pays1749 homesickness1756 nostalgia1756 mal du pays1777 nostalgy1846 channel fever1850 1756 tr. J. G. Keyssler Trav. I. 141 At least it is thus Scheuchzer endeavours to vindicate the nostalgia, pathopatridalgia, or the heimweh, i. e. home-sickness, with which those of Bern are especially afflicted. 1770 J. Banks Jrnl. 3 Sept. (1962) II. 145 The greatest part of them [sc. the ship's company] were now pretty far gone with the longing for home which the Physicians have gone so far as to esteem a disease under the name of Nostalgia. 1780 J. Thacher Mil. Jrnl. (1823) 242 Many perplexing instances of indisposition,..called by Dr. Cullen nostalgia or home sickness. 1818 S. Smith Wks. (1867) I. 250 What a dreadful disease Nostalgia must be on the banks of the Missouri. 1842 J. Wilson Recreations Christopher North I. 57 That pond has..about half-a-dozen trouts, if indeed they have not sickened and died of Nostalgia. 1877 S. J. Owen in Marquess Wellesley Select. Despatches Introd. p. xlv One who was to spend so much of his life in the East..should not be hampered by ties and habits calculated..to foster nostalgia. 1937 W. S. Maugham in Cosmopolitan July 166/1 Some of the convicts..had such a nostalgia for France that they went mad with melancholy. 1986 J. Nagenda Seasons of T. Tebo iii. iii. 131 He opened the curtains... The clear light gave him a sudden pang of nostalgia for Africa. 2. a. Sentimental longing for or regretful memory of a period of the past, esp. one in an individual's own lifetime; (also) sentimental imagining or evocation of a period of the past. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > memory > retrospection, reminiscence > [noun] > old memories > longing for the past nostalgy1846 nostalgia1900 pastism1921 the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > melancholy > [noun] > nostalgia nostalgia1900 Wehmut1907 saudade1912 1900 Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 5 606 It is reason and convenience that lure him [sc. man] from the time-hallowed; it is nostalgia that draws him back. 1928 A. Waugh Nor Many Waters vi. 231 He pictures with a sense of nostalgia, too acute almost to be endured, all that marriage to Marian would have meant. 1933 D. Garnett Pocahontas xx. 234 Seeing all these things again filled her heart with that violent sentimental nostalgia..felt by the very young about the very recent past. 1959 Observer 8 Feb. 7/5 Nostalgia for one's childhood does not necessarily mean that the childhood was a happy one. 1995 Independent 12 May 21/5 VE Day became national nostalgia for a lost national connectedness. b. Something which causes nostalgia for the past; frequently as a collective term for things which evoke a former (remembered) era. Cf. memorabilia n. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > memory > reminder, putting in mind > [noun] > keepsake, souvenir > collection of objects memorabilia1855 nostalgia1976 murderabilia1989 the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > melancholy > [noun] > nostalgia > that which causes nostalgia1976 1976 P. de Vries I hear Amer. Swinging ii. 28 Her potato bread was sheer mouth-watering nostalgia. 1979 United States 1980–1 (Penguin Travel Guides) 320 Pizazz..sell amusing nostalgia and contemporary adaptations. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1756
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