hiraeth.
wistfulness; nostalgia; longing; homesickness; a deep feeling of yearning for something, someone or somewhere
Meaning & usage
wistfulness; nostalgia; longing; homesickness; a deep feeling of yearning for something, someone or somewhere
longing for a romanticized ideal of Wales or Welsh culture
regret
Where this word comes from
From Proto-Brythonic *hiraɨθ, from Proto-Celtic *sīraxto-, akin to Gaulish siraxta (“longing”). Compare Cornish hireth, Breton hiraezh, and Old Irish sírecht. By surface analysis, hir + -aeth.
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