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nostalgy

American

[no-stal-jee, nuh-] / nɒˈstæl dʒi, nə- /

noun

Archaic.

nostalgia.

Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

noun

nostalgies

plural

Etymology

Origin of nostalgy

1840–50; Anglicized form of nostalgia; see -y ³

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