Nōs-tăl'gi-ă, n.
n. [Fr. nostalgie, from Gr. νόστος, return, especially home, and ἄλγος, pain, grief; νοσταλγεῖν, to be homesick.] A species of melancholy resulting from absence from one's home or country. [Written also nostalgy.]
n. [Fr. nostalgie, from Gr. νόστος, return, especially home, and ἄλγος, pain, grief; νοσταλγεῖν, to be homesick.] A species of melancholy resulting from absence from one's home or country. [Written also nostalgy.]