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desirableness

noun

Etymology

From desirable + -ness.

  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”
  5. suffixed as desirableness — “desirable + ness”

Definitions

  1. The quality of being desirable.

    • To me she is fractious, tiresome, and a faggot. Yet the subtle desirableness is in her, for me. As it is in the brown hen, or even a sow.

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