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Nov. 25, 2014

nostomania \nos-tuh-MEY-nee-uh, -MEYN-yuh\ noun 1. an irresistible compulsion to return home; intense homesickness. Quotes The nostomania of Odysseus arose from a yearning for what he already knew, already possessed. -- Eric Ormsby, "The Dark Regime of Paradise," David Solway: Essays on His Works, edited by Carmine Starnino, 2001 Origin Nostomania shares a root with the word nostalgia in the Greek term nóstos, which means "a return home." It entered English in the mid-1800s.

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