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单词 desirousness
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desirousnessn.

Etymology: formed as desirous adj. + -ness suffix.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: deˈsirousness.
Now rare.
The quality of being desirous; wishfulness, eagerness.
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the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > [noun]
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1571 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Psalmes of Dauid with Comm. (vii. 5) As though his desyrousenesse too reigne had moved hym too trayterous rebellion.
1665 R. Boyle Occas. Refl. vi. viii. sig. Oo4v My desirousness of piety in a Preacher.
1872 A. Raleigh in C. H. Spurgeon Treasury of David (1882) VI. Ps. cxix. 20 Dr. Chalmers..summed up his own attainments in the word ‘desirousness.’
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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