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desirable

adj
/dɪˈzaɪəɹəbəl/

Etymology

From Old French desirable. Morphologically desire + -able.

  1. derived from dēsīderō — “to long for, desire, feel the want of, miss, regret”
  2. derived from desirer
  3. inherited from desir
  4. suffixed as desirable — “desire + able”

Definitions

  1. Worthy to be desired

    Worthy to be desired; pleasing; agreeable.

    • This applicant has almost all desirable properties.
    • It has long been recognised that complete segregation of control of the respective services provided by the two undertakings, and of the power supply, signalling, and tracks relating to each was desirable.

  2. Sexually attractive.

    • The desirable Miss Moneypenny, M's all-powerful private secretary, gave him an encouraging smile and he walked through the double doors.

  3. A thing that people want

    A thing that people want; something that is desirable.

    • There are plenty of desirables on display in the window.

The neighborhood

Derived

desirability, desirableness, indesirable, nondesirable, ultradesirable

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at desirable. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01desirable02pleasing03pleasure04contented05satisfied06satisfy07enough08fully09lack

A definitional loop anchored at desirable. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at desirable

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA