nostomania
nostomania noun: an overwhelming desire to return to familiar surroundings, or to one's home.
Noun
nostomania (uncountable)
- an overwhelming desire to return to familiar surroundings, or to one's home
Origin of nostomania
From Ancient Greek νόστος (nóstos, “a return home”) + -mania.
Words that rhyme with nostomania
- Pennsylvania
- dipsomania
- Lusitania
- mania
- megalomania
- urania
- Aquitania
- erotomania
- graphomania
- metromania
- monomania
- Occitania
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- Pittsylvania
- Romania
- Ruritania
- Spotsylvania
- Tasmania
- theomania
- tulipomania
- acrania
- Albania
- anthomania
- arithmomania
- bibliomania
- Chinamania
- crania
- egomania
- ergomania
- extemporanea
- extemporania
- Francomania
- Gallomania
- gazania
- habromania
- hagiomania
- Hellenomania
- hemicrania
- kleptomania
- laconomania
- Lithuania
- Mauretania
- musomania
- nymphomania
- oniomania
- orchidomania
- paramania
- phyllomania
- Pistolvania
- politicomania
- polytoxicomania
- Pomerania
- pornomania
- pyromania
- Rumania
- syphilomania
- theatromania
- timbromania
- toxicomania
- Transylvania
- trichotillomania
Questions about nostomania
- What does nostomania mean?
- Nostomania means an overwhelming desire to return to familiar surroundings, or to one's home.
- What part of speech is nostomania?
- Nostomania is a noun.
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