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desideratum
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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"something lacking," see desiderata .
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Desideratum is the eighth full-length studio album by British extreme metal band Anaal Nathrakh . It was released on October 28, 2014, on Metal Blade Records .
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. something desired as a necessity; "the desiderata for a vacation are time and money" [also: desiderata (pl)]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Desideratum \De*sid`e*ra"tum\, n.; pl. Desiderata . [L., fr. desideratus, p. p. See Desiderate .] Anything desired; that of which the lack is felt; a want generally felt and acknowledge.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. Something that is wished for, or considered desirable.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Devout dedication was the desideratum for soul-sacrifice. ▪ Hutcheson over-simplified and distorted the truth by treating benevolence as the one moral desideratum . ▪ Imposed management is a necessary desideratum , as 11.3 million ...
Usage examples of desideratum.
A passage leading to the Spice Islands was one of the foremost desiderata of mariners of the day, for few believed, as Columbus appears to have believed, that the eastern regions beyond the Golden Chersonesus were attained.
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.
I will add that your information is the sole reliance, as far as I can at present see, for obtaining this desideratum.