| 单词 | desiredness |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdeˈsiredness deˈsiredness n. the condition of being desired. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > [noun] > desirableness appetibility1604 desiderability1635 desirablenessa1665 appetibleness1731 desirability1824 desirednessa1866 a1866 J. Grote Exam. Utilit. Philos. (1870) xix. 327 There being rather want in the sense of absence of what should be than want in the sense of desiredness. 1888 P. H. Wicksteed Alphabet Econ. Sci. 8 I am not aware of any recognised word, however, which signifies the quality of being desired. ‘Desirableness’ conveys the idea that the thing not only is but deserves to be desired. ‘Desiredness’ is not English, but I shall nevertheless use it as occasion may require. 1889 Sat. Rev. 16 Feb. 198/1 His introduction into the English language of ‘desiredness’. 1920 A. C. Pigou Econ. of Welfare v. x. 771 The marginal desiredness which money has for them. < as lemmas |
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