Meanings
nounnostalgiac (plural nostalgiacs)
plural nostalgiacs
- A nostalgic person.
In olden times (back in the day when nostalgiacs would say “time was”) your answer would be campaign manager.
2007 August 5, William Safire, “Strategist, Rising”, in New York Times1 more example
It is quite amazing how many nostalgiacs are in their twenties, thirties, even their teens, and cannot possibly have any first-hand memories of what went on in the inter-war years when dance bands were at their most popular.
1974, Brian A. L. Rust, The dance bands
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nostalgiac. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nostalgiac
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