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   Nos·tal·gia

   /nəˈstaljə/

   

   noun

   • 1. a sentimental longing or wistful affection for the past, typically for a period or place with happy personal associations: "I was overcome with acute nostalgia for my days in college"
   • ▪ something done or presented in order to evoke feelings of nostalgia: "an evening of TV nostalgia"

   Word Origin mid 18th century (in the sense ‘acute homesickness’): modern Latin (translating German Heimweh ‘homesickness’), from Greek nostos ‘return home’ + algos ‘pain’.

   Scrabble Points: 10

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