单词 | nostalgy |
释义 | nostalgyn. Now rare. Nostalgia; an instance of this. 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 > homesickness country disease1562 Heimweha1721 maladie du pays1749 homesickness1756 nostalgia1756 mal du pays1777 nostalgy1846 channel fever1850 1846 W. M. Buchanan Technol. Dict. 509/1 Nostalgy.., a vehement desire to return to one's native country, attended with melancholy, loss of appetite, and want of sleep. 1874 A. O'Shaughnessy Music & Moonlight 105 The nostalgies of dim pasts seize me. 1882 A. W. Ward Dickens iii. 64 Longing with a nostalgy that was specially strong upon him at periods of mental excitement. 1909 J. Davidson Fleet St. & Other Poems 107 Life was a railway journey; foe and friend, Infected with nostalgy of the end. 1937 G. Dennis Coronation Comm. 211 One day, in nostalgy and boredom, a changed mood may come upon us. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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