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单词 nostomania
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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.
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urolagnia1906
claustrophilia1926
Undinism1928
leprophilia1953
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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).
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