OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 27281

desideratum

/dɪˌsɪdəˈɹɑːtəm/
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desiderátum
Something that is wished for, or considered desirable, particularly when thought to be essential.
I shall now, agreeably to your request, endeavour to point out some of the principal Desiderata of the science of Natural History, and the most effectual means to be pursued for th…
The kettle was singing on the side, and a thin white column of smoke announced, that desideratum of tea-makers, that the water boiled at a gallop.
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