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nostalgic

[ no-stal-jik nuh‐ ]

/ nɒˈstæl dʒɪk nə‐ /

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adjective

experiencing or exhibiting nostalgia, a sentimental or wistful yearning for the happiness felt in a former place, time, or situation.

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Origin of nostalgic

nostalg(ia) + -ic

OTHER WORDS FROM nostalgic

nos·tal·gi·cal·ly, adverb

Words nearby nostalgic

nosophobia, nosopoietic, nosopsyllus, nosotaxy, nostalgia, nostalgic, nostalgist, nostalgy, nostoc, nostology, nostomania

Example sentences from the Web for nostalgic

Taking a bite out of it made me feel like I was at a family bris… in a good, nostalgic way.

I Ate Potato Pancakes Til I Plotzed |Emily Shire |December 17, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Are you nostalgic for the days of the Soviet Union, and the way things were?

Putin’s Hockey Pal Tells All: Slava Fetisov on ‘Red Army,’ Soviet Nostalgia, and What Drives Putin |Marlow Stern |October 9, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
For some of us, however, these nostalgic feelings will be more carnally driven.

The Captain’s Log: Derek Jeter’s Lady-Killing Past, From ‘Yeah, Jeets!’ to Gift Baskets |Emily Shire |September 28, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
It is a nostalgic, old-fashioned novel that nevertheless reflects the malaise of its era and prefigures our own technophiliac age.

Zen, Motorcycles, And The Cult of Tech: How Robert Pirsig’s Classic Anticipated the Future |Nathaniel Rich |August 31, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

The day ended with a nostalgic look back at how a commission seemingly set up to fail produced a report that became a best seller.

The 9/11 Commission Is Back With a New Warning for America |Eleanor Clift |July 23, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
We get together now and then, and talk over old times, and laugh at some things and get nostalgic over other things.

In the Cards |Alan Cogan
With a nostalgic pang in the pit of his stomach he suddenly realized that he could not do so.

Astounding Stories of Super-Science January 1930 |Victor Rousseau
And so I cleave to the present tense—the nostalgic present, as grammarians might call it.

And Even Now |Max Beerbohm
Those who had the good fortune to take part in them preserved a splendid memory and a nostalgic longing.

Wagner at Home |Judith Gautier
From Java's seething millions were the nostalgic three ever missed?

Tropic Days |E. J. Banfield

British Dictionary definitions for nostalgic

nostalgic

/ (nɒˈstældʒɪk) /

adjective

of or characterized by nostalgia

noun

a person who indulges in nostalgia