desiderable

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/dɪˈzɪdəɹəbəl//dɪˈzɪdɹəbəl/

adjective

Desirable.

OriginLatin dēsīderābilis →
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Meanings

adjectivedesiderable (comparative more desiderable, superlative most desiderable)

comparative more desiderable · superlative most desiderable

  1. obsoleteDesirable.

    And moſt men verily are of the ſame nature, who paſſing by good and deſiderable things, which be (as a man would ſay) the pleaſant and potable liquors that they have, betake themſelves to thoſe that be harſh, bad, and unſavoury.

    1657, Plutarch, “Of the Tranquillity and Contentment of Mind”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Philosophy, Commonly Called, The Morals […], revised edition, London: […] S[arah] G[riffin] for J. Kirton, […], →OCLC, page 124

Origin

  1. Latindēsīderābilis
  2. Englishdesiderable

Learned borrowing from Latin dēsīderābilis.

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APA

desiderable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/desiderable

MLA

“desiderable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/desiderable. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “desiderable,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/desiderable.

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