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单词 desirableness
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desirablenessn.

Etymology: < desirable adj. + -ness suffix.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: deˈsirableness.
1. The quality or fact of being desirable.
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the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > [noun] > desirableness
appetibility1604
desiderability1635
desirablenessa1665
appetibleness1731
desirability1824
desirednessa1866
a1665 J. Goodwin Πλήρωμα τὸ Πνευματικόv (1670) vi. 133 Matters of lighter concernment, or less desirableness.
1702 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion I. i. 65 Discourses upon the thing it self, and the desirableness of it.
1817 T. R. Malthus Ess. Princ. Population (ed. 5) III. App. 330 The desirableness of a great and efficient population.
1856 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. I. 384 To discuss..the desirableness of fulfilling the engagement into which he had entered.
2. In active sense: Desirousness. Obsolete.
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the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > [noun]
i-willc888
wilningc888
willingeOE
lustc950
listc1220
desire1303
affection1340
desiring1377
appetite1382
envya1400
wishc1430
desideryc1450
stomach1513
affect1531
wilnec1540
desirefulness1548
woulding1549
desirousness1571
ambition1579
lusting1580
listing1587
maw1601
appetition1603
appetence1610
bosoma1616
orexis1619
desirableness1649
appetency1656
would1753
wanting1801
want-to1903
1649 C. Walker Triall J. Lilburne 5 To declare my desirablenesse to keep within the bounds of Reason, Moderation and Discretion.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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