Dictionary

nostalgist en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /nɒsˈtæld͡ʒɪst/

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek νόστος (nóstos) Ancient Greek ἄλγος (álgos) New Latin nostalgiabor. English nostalgia Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English nostalgist From nostalgia + -ist.

Meanings

1. A person who is prone to nostalgia.
   • After a seven-year interlude […] she has brought back the sweetly madcap nostalgist of her fondly remembered 2001 show, which opened at Arci’s Place, now defunct, on lower Park Avenue. 2009 January 23, Stephen Holden, “She's Back, and the Timing Is Uncanny”, in New York Times:
   • Of the possible postpandemic identities one can assume, there’s the early 2000s nostalgist in ironic Juicy Couture sweats, […] 2021 June 10, Isabel Slone, “There Are No Fashion Rules Anymore”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
   • The railroad also hears from nostalgists with fond memories of the station, buffs, who ask for such items as clocks and train gates and small boys who write in all the time asking for pieces of the floor. 1964 June 20, “Souvenir Seekers Eye Penn Station”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
   • When I was a little girl, if they ever called me a backward child they must have meant a looking-backward child; for I grew up to claim the proud title of the world’s champion nostalgist. 1944, Gladys Bronwyn Stern, Trumpet Voluntary, page 32:

Forms

Synonyms

nostalgic