nostomania \nos-tuh-MEY-nee-uh, -MEYN-yuh\ noun 1. an - TopicsExpress



          

nostomania \nos-tuh-MEY-nee-uh, -MEYN-yuh\ noun 1. an irresistible compulsion to return home; intense homesickness. 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,
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