Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

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

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Of or pertaining to nostalgia; affected with nostalgia.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Of, having, or relating to nostalgia.
  • adjective Reminiscent of the speaker's childhood or younger years.
  • noun A person who displays nostalgia for something.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective unhappy about being away and longing for familiar things or persons

Etymologies

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From nostalgia +‎ -ic.

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Examples

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

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

    Escapade 2010

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

    Han Star | SciFi, Fantasy & Horror Collectibles 2009

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

    Rally to Restore Authority James Taranto 2010

  • 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.

    Notes from Exile 2008

  • 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.

    Notes from Exile By T. M. Spooner Floricanto Press, 2006 2008

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

    Archive 2008-05-01 ____Maggie 2008

  • 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.

    Notes from Exile 2008

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

    Jim the Boy (copy) ____Maggie 2008

  • 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.

    Notes from Exile By T. M. Spooner Floricanto Press, 2006 2008

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