Pronounced: as written, noun/adj
Notes: You may know this term if you spend time in the arena in which this is used
Yesterday’s word
The word desiderium means “an ardent longing, as for something lost”
First usage
Our word came into English in the early 1700s
Background / Comments
Our word made me think of the word ‘desire’… with good reason, as it turns out. The root of our word is the Latin word dēsīderāre (to long for), and that is the same Latin word to which ‘desire’ traces.
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