saudaden.
/saʊˈdadə/ Longing, melancholy, nostalgia, as a supposed characteristic of the Portuguese or Brazilian temperament.
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the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > melancholy > [noun] > nostalgia
nostalgia1900
Wehmut1907
saudade1912
the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > longing or yearning > [noun] > wistfulness
desideration?c1525
wistfulness1775
Sehnsucht1847
saudade1912
1912 A. F. G. Bell In Portugal i. 7 The famous saudade of the Portuguese is a vague and constant desire for something that does not and probably cannot exist, for something other than the present, a turning towards the past or towards the future; not an active discontent or poignant sadness but an indolent dreaming wistfulness.
1936 R. Gallop Portugal xi. 262 In a word saudade is yearning: yearning for something so indefinite as to be indefinable: an unrestrained indulgence in yearning.
1957 R. Campbell Portugal p. ix It [sc. Portugal] is an intensely poetic country, and it is the country of saudade, that mysterious melancholy which sighs at the back of every joy.
1976 Gramophone Aug. 320/1 The vigour and the saudade, the two Brazilian qualities with which the Preludes are imbued, are here replaced by a gaucho nostalgia.
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