† desiderableadj.

Forms: Also Middle English deseder-, desyder-.

Etymology: < Latin dēsīderābilis desirable, < dēsīderāre (see desiderate v.): compare rare Old French desiderable , and see desirable adj. and n.

Obsolete.

To be desired; desirable.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > [adjective] > desirable

yearninglyOE

desiderablea1340

desirablea1382

desirefulc1384

dainteousc1386

fairc1410

desirous1430

expetible1569

lustful?1610

appetible1622

desiderate1640

honeysuckle1660

deligible1680

wantable1886

a1340 R. Rolle Psalter xviii. 11 Þe domes of God are desiderabile abouen all riches.

c1340 R. Rolle Prose Treat. 2 Sothely Ihesu, desederabill es thi name.

c1450 tr. Thomas à Kempis De Imitatione Christi iii. v Verily þere is non oþer þinge here laudable ner desiderable.

a1554 J. Croke tr. Thirteen Psalms (1844) xix. 33 More then gold desiderable, Or stones most precious to se.

1611 T. Coryate Crudities sig. F My selfe hauing had the happinesse to enjoy his desiderable commerce.

Derivatives

† deˈsiderably adv. Obsolete

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > [adverb] > desirably

desiderably1635

optably1657

desirably1823

1635 F. Quarles Emblemes v. v. 263 O..most holy fire! How sweetly doest thou burne!..How desiderably doest thou inflame me!

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	desiderable
释义	† desiderableadj. Forms: Also Middle English deseder-, desyder-. Etymology: < Latin dēsīderābilis desirable, < dēsīderāre (see desiderate v.): compare rare Old French desiderable , and see desirable adj. and n. Obsolete. To be desired; desirable. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > [adjective] > desirable yearninglyOE desiderablea1340 desirablea1382 desirefulc1384 dainteousc1386 fairc1410 desirous1430 expetible1569 lustful?1610 appetible1622 desiderate1640 honeysuckle1660 deligible1680 wantable1886 a1340 R. Rolle Psalter xviii. 11 Þe domes of God are desiderabile abouen all riches. c1340 R. Rolle Prose Treat. 2 Sothely Ihesu, desederabill es thi name. c1450 tr. Thomas à Kempis De Imitatione Christi iii. v Verily þere is non oþer þinge here laudable ner desiderable. a1554 J. Croke tr. Thirteen Psalms (1844) xix. 33 More then gold desiderable, Or stones most precious to se. 1611 T. Coryate Crudities sig. F My selfe hauing had the happinesse to enjoy his desiderable commerce. Derivatives † deˈsiderably adv. Obsolete ΘΚΠ the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > [adverb] > desirably desiderably1635 optably1657 desirably1823 1635 F. Quarles Emblemes v. v. 263 O..most holy fire! How sweetly doest thou burne!..How desiderably doest thou inflame me! This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.a1340
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