desideration

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noun

The act of desiderating.

OriginLatin desideratio →
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Meanings

noundesideration (countable and uncountable, plural desiderations)

plural desiderations

  1. countableuncountableThe act of desiderating.
  2. countableuncountableSomething desired.

    Coriander-seed might correct it[…]The very desideration!

    1836, Walter Savage Landor, Pericles and Aspasia

Origin

  1. Latindesideratio
  2. Englishdesideration

Latin desideratio.

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APA

desideration. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/desideration

MLA

“desideration.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/desideration. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “desideration,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/desideration.

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