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nostalgizing

nostalgizing is the present participle and gerund of nostalgize.

Meaning of nostalgize

Verb

nostalgize (third-person singular simple present nostalgizes, present participle nostalgizing, simple past and past participle nostalgized)

  1. (transitive) To treat nostalgically.
  2. (intransitive) To revel in nostalgia.
    • Appropriately enough for a crowd hung up on the fashions and music of the past, the nostalgizing began almost immediately.2007 September 10, Melena Ryzik, “The Last Night of Misshapes: Hip, Post-New-Wave and Through”, in New York Times

Questions about nostalgizing

What is nostalgizing the present participle and gerund of?
Nostalgizing is the present participle and gerund of nostalgize.

Words near nostalgizing in the dictionary

  1. nostalgist
  2. nostalgists
  3. nostalgize
  4. nostalgized
  5. nostalgizes
  6. nostalgizing
  7. nostalgy
  8. Nostell
  9. nostepinde
  10. nostepindes
  11. nostepinne

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