Definition of Homesick

1. Adjective. Longing to return home.

Similar to: Desirous, Wishful
Derivative terms: Homesickness

Definition of Homesick

1. a. Pining for home; in a nostalgic condition.

Definition of Homesick

1. Adjective. (context: emotions) Missing one's home and family very much when away; nostalgic. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Homesick

1. longing for home [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Homesick

homergy
homering
homerless
homeroom
homerooms
homers
homes
homes for the aged
homeschool
homeschooled
homeschooler
homeschoolers
homeschooling
homeschools
homeshoring
homesick (current term)
homesickly
homesickness
homesicknesses
homesite
homesites
homesitter
homesitters
homesitting
homeslice
homeslices
homesourcing
homespun
homespun(p)
homespun fabric

Literary usage of Homesick

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Edward Cornelius Towne (1897)
"A homesick EXILE ISEND this with love, my dearest Terentia, hoping that you and my little Tullia and my Marcus are all well. From the letters of several ..."

2. The Poet at the Breakfast-table: He Talks with His Fellow-boarders and the by Oliver Wendell Holmes (1891)
"homesick IN HEAVEN. THE DIVINE VOICE. Go seek thine earth-bom sisters, — thus the Voice That all obey, — the sad and silent three ; These only, ..."

3. Pioneer Days in California by John Carr (1891)
"TTING homesick AND VISITING THE OLD HOME. A visit to the old Eastern home.—Growth of San Francisco.—The passage to Panama.—A typical Mexican town. ..."

4. The Writings in Prose and Verse of Rudyard Kipling by Rudyard Kipling (1899)
"Explains how Two Vagabonds became homesick through Looking at Other People's Houses " I walked in the lonesome even, And who so sad as I, As I saw the you: ..."

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