单词 | desideratum |
释义 | desideratumn. Something for which a desire or longing is felt; something wanting and required or desired. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > [noun] > object of desire willeOE desire1340 appetitec1386 flight1530 optative1605 catch1609 desiderate1640 desirable1645 desideratuma1651 eligible1656 appetible1715 lookout1795 desideration1836 ooh-ah1957 the mind > will > necessity > condition of being necessary > need or want > [noun] > that which is needed or required want1579 exigency1612 desiderate1640 desideratuma1651 requirement1662 desideration1836 absolute1966 a1651 N. Culverwell Act of Oblivion in Elegant Disc. Light of Nature (1652) ii. 33 All Desiderata shall be suppli'd. 1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία 454 Here that Desideratum my Lord Bacon speaketh of..is supplyed. 1668 Bp. J. Wilkins Ess. Real Char. Ep. to Rdr. 63 The various Desiderata, proposed by Learned men, or such things as were conceived yet wanting to the advancement of several parts of Learning. 1782 Let. conc. Ess. Compar. Anat. 6 in Monro's Anat. Human Bones (new ed.) A..technical dictionary..is one of the desiderata in anatomy. 1802 J. Playfair Illustr. Huttonian Theory 338 The explanation of them was still a desideratum in geology. 1807 R. Southey Life (1850) III. 105 One of the greatest desideratums in modern Oriental literature. 1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) III. 161 The fitness of the animal for food is the great desideratum. 1876 J. B. Mozley Univ. Serm. (1877) iii. 47 A great number of people in every age, do want morality without religion: it is a great desideratum. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.a1651 |
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