mal du pays

American  

[mal dy pey-ee] / mal dü peɪˈi /

noun

French.

1. homesickness.

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Etymology

Origin of mal du pays

1770–75; mal- ( def. ), paesano ( def. )

Example Sentences

Talk of the mal du pays, which is said to attack the Swiss when exiled from their country—that is as nothing compared to the heartsickness which clung to Lady Isabel.

From East Lynne by Wood, Henry, Mrs.

For years and years I was possessed of a fever—that of mal du pays: all I had deliberately thrown away gained a hundred-fold in charm, haunted my mind by day, coloured my dreams.

From Glories of Spain by Wood, Charles W. (William)

I always dislike London, and this lovely weather gives me a sort of mal du pays for the country.

From Records of a Girlhood by Kemble, Fanny

It was in Savoy that her illness came on—the mal du pays, as they called it.

From The Story of Charles Strange Vol. 1 (of 3) A Novel by Wood, Mrs. Henry

If there be any mal de l'écritoire corresponding to mal du pays, Yule certainly had it.

From The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Yule, Henry