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Definitions

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. Relating to, characteristic of, or affected with nostalgia; homesick.

Wiktionary

  1. adj. Of, having, or relating to nostalgia.
  2. adj. Reminiscent of the speaker's childhood or younger years.
  3. n. A person who displays nostalgia for something.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. adj. Of or pertaining to nostalgia; affected with nostalgia.

WordNet 3.0

  1. adj. unhappy about being away and longing for familiar things or persons

Etymologies

  1. From nostalgia +‎ -ic. (Wiktionary)

Examples

  • “It is value for the construction time, role-playing fun and a certain nostalgic value that sets it apart from most other toys.”

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  • “The kind of "sanity" for which Stewart claims to be nostalgic is a thing of the past.”

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  • “Lost in nostalgic souvenirs I ambled past les belles, snapping a few more photos along the way.”

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  • “Quiet, episodic, and verging on nostalgic is how I explain Jim the Boy by Tony Earley.”

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  • “T.M. Spooner's novel, Notes from Exile, is a lakeside story, and because it is, I feel a certain nostalgic empathy for the book.”

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  • “Much of the setting and subtext of the Potter books reflects a certain nostalgic Englishness (even though, at a guess, Hogwarts is perhaps somewhere in Scotland ... or perhaps in the Pennines; Scotland seems likelier though), and far from the Pagan madness fundamentalists try to make the credulous believe is the central point of these books.”

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  • “The borders and names have changed since it was made, but maps, like pictures and journals, have a built-in nostalgic quality that can never render them completely obsolete.”

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  • “I figure any directory that doesn't have a valid entry for myself is not going to be that reliable, and while they have a certain nostalgic value, I don't need 'em any longer.”

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  • “Review: Well told story, but it's a little too steeped in nostalgic reminiscing - obviously done for dramatic impact.”

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  • “Hell, even rock stars and rappers rant about “old school” in nostalgic terms.”

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