Pronounced: reev, verb/noun
Notes: An interesting word; see tomorrow’s comments
Yesterday’s word
The word desiderata is the plural form of desideratum and thus means “several things wanted or needed”
First usage
Our word came into English in the mid-1600s
Background / Comments
As you might guess from the singular and plural forms, our word comes from Latin; specifically, the Latin word dēsīderāre (to long for; require). I find it easy to remember the meaning of this word by seeing the word “desire” (parts of it, at least) in our word.
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