different between nostalgic vs meditate

English

Etymology

From nostalgia +? -ic.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -æld??k

Adjective

nostalgic (comparative more nostalgic, superlative most nostalgic)

1. Of, having, or relating to nostalgia.
2. Reminiscent of the speaker's childhood or younger years.

Derived terms

• nostalgically
• unnostalgic

Translations

Noun

nostalgic (plural nostalgics)

1. A person who displays nostalgia for something.

Translations

Anagrams

• gnostical

Romanian

Etymology

From French nostalgique.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nos?tal.d??ik/

Adjective

nostalgic m or n (feminine singular nostalgic?, masculine plural nostalgici, feminine and neuter plural nostalgice)

1. nostalgic

Declension

Related terms

• nostalgie

English

Etymology

From Latin meditatus, past participle of meditari (“to think or reflect upon, consider, design, purpose, intend”), in form as if frequentative of mederi (“to heal, to cure, to remedy”); in sense and in form near to Greek ?????? (meletô, “to care for, attend to, study, practise, etc.”)

Pronunciation

Verb

meditate (third-person singular simple present meditates, present participle meditating, simple past and past participle meditated)

1. (intransitive) To contemplate; to keep the mind fixed upon something; to study.
2. (intransitive) To sit or lie down and come to a deep rest while still remaining conscious.
3. (transitive) To consider; to reflect on.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:ponder

Related terms

• meditative
• meditation
• meditator

Translations

Further reading

• meditate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• meditate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• admittee, datetime

Italian

Verb

meditate

1. second-person plural present indicative of meditare
2. second-person plural imperative of meditare
3. feminine plural of meditato

Latin

Participle

medit?te

1. vocative masculine singular of medit?tus

References

• meditate in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• meditate in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette