nostomanian.

Brit.

/ˌnɒstəʊˈmeɪnɪə/, U.S.

/ˌnɑstoʊˈmeɪniə/

Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymon: Greek νοστομανία.

Etymology: < modern Greek νοστομανία (J. Hofer Dissertatio Medica de Nostalgia, oder Heimwehe (1688) 184, as an alternative to nostalgia nostalgia n.) < ancient Greek νόστος return home (see nostos n.) + Hellenistic Greek -μανία -mania comb. form. Compare French nostomanie (1793).

rare.

Extreme homesickness, formerly regarded as a type of insanity. Cf. nostalgia n. 1.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [noun] > irrational loves and desires

crack1601

plutomania1652

hippomania1780

hydromania1803

zoomania1807

craze1813

musicomania1833

musomania1833

nostomania1835

gamomania1841

dipsomania1843

mesmero-mania1843

theomania1853

opsomania1857

potomania1858

opiomania1868

polemomania1874

xenomania1879

oenomania1897

Pygmalionism1905

urolagnia1906

claustrophilia1926

Undinism1928

leprophilia1953

leprophilia1963

thanatophilia1974

1835 Cycl. Pract. Med. Suppl. IV. 123/2 Nostomania..is the same morbid desire [sc. home-sickness] aggravated to madness.

1888 Homœopathic Jrnl. Obstetr., Gynaæcol., & Pædol. 10 439 In my opinion many of the cases called puerperal hysteria are properly nostalgia or nostomania—an unconquerable desire or infatuation for home to the exclusion of sound reasoning.

2010 Guardian Unlimited (Nexis) 16 Dec. He could always start addressing his nostomania. Or, what the heck, ponder a move to Spain.

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

单词	nostomania
释义	nostomanian. Brit. /ˌnɒstəʊˈmeɪnɪə/, U.S. /ˌnɑstoʊˈmeɪniə/ Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymon: Greek νοστομανία. Etymology: < modern Greek νοστομανία (J. Hofer Dissertatio Medica de Nostalgia, oder Heimwehe (1688) 184, as an alternative to nostalgia nostalgia n.) < ancient Greek νόστος return home (see nostos n.) + Hellenistic Greek -μανία -mania comb. form. Compare French nostomanie (1793). rare. Extreme homesickness, formerly regarded as a type of insanity. Cf. nostalgia n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [noun] > irrational loves and desires crack1601 plutomania1652 hippomania1780 hydromania1803 zoomania1807 craze1813 musicomania1833 musomania1833 nostomania1835 gamomania1841 dipsomania1843 mesmero-mania1843 theomania1853 opsomania1857 potomania1858 opiomania1868 polemomania1874 xenomania1879 oenomania1897 Pygmalionism1905 urolagnia1906 claustrophilia1926 Undinism1928 leprophilia1953 leprophilia1963 thanatophilia1974 1835 Cycl. Pract. Med. Suppl. IV. 123/2 Nostomania..is the same morbid desire [sc. home-sickness] aggravated to madness. 1888 Homœopathic Jrnl. Obstetr., Gynaæcol., & Pædol. 10 439 In my opinion many of the cases called puerperal hysteria are properly nostalgia or nostomania—an unconquerable desire or infatuation for home to the exclusion of sound reasoning. 2010 Guardian Unlimited (Nexis) 16 Dec. He could always start addressing his nostomania. Or, what the heck, ponder a move to Spain. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1835
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