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Meaning of HOMESICK

Pronunciation:  'howm`sik

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 Definition: [adj]  unhappy at being away and longing for familiar things or persons
 
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 Synonyms: nostalgic, unhappy
 

 

 

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Homesick
This is the author`s own story of her upbringing in China by a missionary father, a distant mother, and an affectionate Chinese nurse, Lin Nai-Nai. The book examines the added difficulties foreigners experienced in a country where life was harsh even for natives, and chronicles the loneliness of an only child who longs to discover her roots in the homeland she never knew. Illustrated with photographs.

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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Home"sick`\, a.
Pining for home; in a nostalgic condition. --
{Home"sick`ness}, n.
 

 

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