Etymology

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Today it means: Placed after a catalogue abbreviation to indicate that this particular work does not appear in it. Full definition →

Latin dēsum
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  1. Latin · derived fromdēsum“to be missing”
  2. English todaydeest

From Latin dēsum (“to be missing”).

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