nostomania
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Ancient Greek νόστος (nóstos, “a return home”) + -mania
Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -eɪniə
Noun[edit]
nostomania (uncountable)
- an overwhelming desire to return to familiar surroundings, or to one's home
Categories:
- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *nes-
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *men- (think)
- English terms derived from Ancient Greek
- English terms suffixed with -mania
- Rhymes:English/eɪniə
- Rhymes:English/eɪniə/5 syllables
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English uncountable nouns