Word of the Day

The Word of the Day for Monday, February 13th 2012 is nostalgia:

nos·tal·gia

noun
\nä-ˈstal-jə, nə- also nȯ-, nō-; nə-ˈstäl-

Definition of NOSTALGIA

1

: the state of being homesick : homesickness

2

: a wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for return to or of some past period or irrecoverable condition; also : something that evokes nostalgia

— nos·tal·gic \-jik\ adjective or noun

— nos·tal·gi·cal·ly \-ji-k(ə-)lē\ adverb

— nos·tal·gist \-jist\ noun

Examples of NOSTALGIA

1. A wave of nostalgia swept over me when I saw my childhood home.
2. He was filled with nostalgia for his college days.
3. To dwell even fitfully on the past, for James, was to risk crippling nostalgia; the past was the shadow side of will and therefore must be rejected. —Jackson Lears, Nation, 26 Feb. 2007