Adjective

nostalgic (comparative more nostalgic, superlative most nostalgic)

Positive nostalgic

Comparative more nostalgic

Superlative most nostalgic

1. Of, having, or relating to nostalgia.

Romanian

Adjective

nostalgic

1. nostalgic

Declension

declension of nostalgic singular plural masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine Nominative/Accusative indefinite articulation nostalgic nostalgic nostalgică nostalgici nostalgice nostalgice definite articulation nostalgicul nostalgicul nostalgica nostalgicii nostalgicele nostalgicele Genitive/Dative indefinite articulation nostalgic nostalgic nostalgice nostalgici nostalgice nostalgice definite articulation nostalgicului nostalgicului nostalgicei nostalgicilor nostalgicelor nostalgicelor

The term nostalgia describes a yearning for the past, often in idealized form. The word is a learned formation of a Greek compounds, consisting of νόστος, nóstos, "returning home", a Homeric word, and ἄλγος, álgos, "pain" or "ache". It was described as a medical condition, a form of melancholy, in the Early Modern period, and came to be an important topic in Romanticism.

In common, less clinical usage, nostalgia sometimes includes a general interest in past eras and their personalities and events, especially the "good old days" of a few generations back recast in an idyllic light, such as the Belle Époque, Merry England, Neo-Victorian aesthetics, the US "Antebellum" Old South, etc. Sometimes it is brought on by a sudden image, or remembrance of something from one's childhood.