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desiderata
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Desiderata (Latin: "desired things") is a 1927 prose poem by American writer Max Ehrmann . Largely unknown in the author's lifetime, the text became widely known after its use in devotional and spoken-word recordings in 1971 and 1972.
WordNet
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n. something desired as a necessity; "the desiderata for a vacation are time and money" [also: desiderata (pl)]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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Desiderata \De*sid`e*ra"ta\, n. pl. See Desideratum .
Wiktionary
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n. (plural of desideratum English)
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
plural of desideratum (1650s), from Latin, literally "something for which desire is felt," from past participle stem of desiderare "to long for" (see desire (v.)).
Usage examples of desiderata.
From where he sat, Desiderata reflected, losing was something that everyone learned.
The only visitor Desiderata had been expecting wasn’t the sort to be put off by locks.
Her own preparations had consisted of a large sack containing several changes of clothes to accommodate whatever weather foreign parts might suffer from, and a rather smaller one containing a number of useful-looking books from Desiderata Hollow’s cottage.
Surely Desiderata and Mrs Gogol could have achieved something better than this.
Whatever it meant, it was something Desiderata had felt necessary to write down.
It was quite surprising to Magrat that anyone as clever as Desiderata should have slipped up on that minor point.
The only visitor Desiderata had been expecting wasn't the sort to be put off by locks.
Her own preparations had consisted of a large sack containing several changes of clothes to accommodate whatever weather foreign parts might suffer from, and a rather smaller one containing a number of useful-looking books from Desiderata Hollow's cottage.
He looked up and saw a view of Desiderata, expensive shops: Gucci, Tsuyako, Hermes, Liberty.
The intersection of Desiderata and Jules Verne formed a kind of gulch, the balconied terraces of Freeside cliff dwellers rising gradually to the grassy tablelands of another casino complex.
He forced himself to eat an omelette in a Desiderata cafe, to drink water, to smoke the last of his cigarettes.
If you turned right, off Desiderata, and followed Jules Verne far enough, you'd find yourself approaching Desiderata from the left.
If you turned right, off Desiderata, and followed Jules Verne far enough, you’d find yourself approaching Desiderata from the left.