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Lumbaris "referring to the lower or loin region of the body and" algia "is from the Greek"

Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008

Lumbaris "referring to the lower or loin region of the body and" algia "is from the Greek"

Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008

As a result, "most mainstream retro pop," Mr. Reynolds avers, "offers nostalgia with the 'algia'—the pain and regret—almost completely removed."

When the Music Stopped Michael Azerrad 2011

The formal name for a hangover is veisalgia, from the Norwegian word for "uneasiness following debauchery" (kveis) and the Greek word for "pain" (algia) - an appropriate title considering the uncomfortable experience!

How To Recover From Hangovers 2007

The formal name for a hangover is veisalgia, from the Norwegian word for "uneasiness following debauchery" (kveis) and the Greek word for "pain" (algia) - an appropriate title considering the uncomfortable experience!

Archive 2007-01-01 2007

One was a three-parter: What general meaning do each of these suffixes signify, - osis, - algia and - itis?

MY KNEES -- PART THREE, AFTER THE SURGERY Maggie Jochild 2007

Quite apart from issues of spelling consistency (you have 'solostalgia', where the original article you excerpt seems to have 'solastalgia'), it is notoriously bad form to combine Latin (solacium) and Greek ('algia') root words (OK, there have been some 'successes' - television the most conspicuous - but in general it is crassly inelegant and unnecessary).

Chinese Solastalgia 2008

No, I don't think "having the ground moved from under your feet -algia" is a specifically Shenzhen problem at all.

Chinese Solastalgia 2008

It's a mashup of the roots solacium (comfort) and algia (pain), which together aptly conjure the word nostalgia.

Chinese Solastalgia 2008

It's a mashup of the roots solacium (comfort) and algia (pain), which together aptly conjure the word nostalgia.

Archive 2008-01-01 2008