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desideration

desideration noun: the act of desiderating.

Noun

desideration (countable and uncountable, plural desiderations)

  1. The act of desiderating.
  2. Something desired.
    • Coriander-seed might correct it[…]The very desideration!1836, Walter Savage Landor, Pericles and Aspasia

Forms of desideration

pluraldesiderations

Origin of desideration

Latin desideratio.

Questions about desideration

What does desideration mean?
Desideration means the act of desiderating.
What part of speech is desideration?
Desideration is a noun.
What is the plural of desideration?
The plural of desideration is desiderations.

Words near desideration in the dictionary

  1. desiderata
  2. desiderate
  3. desiderated
  4. desiderates
  5. desiderating
  6. desideration
  7. desiderations
  8. desiderative
  9. desideratives
  10. desideratum
  11. Desiderius

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