Word of the Day for Monday, February 7, 2011
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desideratum \dih-sid-uh-RAY-tum; -RAH-\, noun;
desideratum \dih-sid-uh-RAY-tum; -RAH-\, noun;
plural desiderata:
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Something desired or considered necessary.
Something desired or considered necessary.
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So what is the B.O.'s current desideratum du jour? -- To have the corporations of America share their profits with the American worker! Umm, still sounds like socialist-Marxist kind of stuff to me!
--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog
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No one in Berkeley -- at least, no one I consorted with -- thought art was for sissies, or that a pensionable job was the highest desideratum.-- John Banville, "Just a dream some of us had", Irish Times, August 24, 1998
No one in Berkeley -- at least, no one I consorted with -- thought art was for sissies, or that a pensionable job was the highest desideratum.-- John Banville, "Just a dream some of us had", Irish Times, August 24, 1998
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Immense wealth, and its lavish expenditure, fill the great house with all that can please the eye, or tempt the taste. Here, appetite, not food, is the great desideratum.-- Frederick Douglass, My Bondage, My Freedom
Immense wealth, and its lavish expenditure, fill the great house with all that can please the eye, or tempt the taste. Here, appetite, not food, is the great desideratum.-- Frederick Douglass, My Bondage, My Freedom
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A technical dictionary . . . is one of the desiderata in anatomy.-- Alexander Monro, Essay on Comparative Anatomy
A technical dictionary . . . is one of the desiderata in anatomy.-- Alexander Monro, Essay on Comparative Anatomy
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Desideratum is from Latin desideratum, "a thing desired," from desiderare, "to desire."
Desideratum is from Latin desideratum, "a thing desired," from desiderare, "to desire."
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