"nostalgize" meaning in English

See nostalgize in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: nostalgizes [present, singular, third-person], nostalgizing [participle, present], nostalgized [participle, past], nostalgized [past]
Etymology: From nostalgia + -ize. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|nostalgia|ize}} nostalgia + -ize Head templates: {{en-verb}} nostalgize (third-person singular simple present nostalgizes, present participle nostalgizing, simple past and past participle nostalgized)
  1. (transitive) To treat nostalgically. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-nostalgize-en-verb-Kz91rGRP Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ize, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 92 8 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ize: 81 19 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 89 11 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 89 11 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 92 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 82 18
  2. (intransitive) To revel in nostalgia. Tags: intransitive Translations (to revel in nostalgia): nostalgisoida (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-nostalgize-en-verb-34lgW3CC Disambiguation of 'to revel in nostalgia': 3 97

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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