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desirable(dictionary)

desirable (iou)



desirable adjective & noun. LME.
[Old & mod. French desirable, from desirer, after Latin desiderabilis: see DESIRE verb, -ABLE.]
A. adjective. Worth having or wishing for; causing desire; to be desired. LME.
G. B. Shaw It is not desirable that they should rule the world. C. S. Forester The more desirable the manthe richer, the handsomer, the more influentialthe fiercer was the competition.
b. noun. A desirable person or thing. M17.
desira'bility noun (a) the quality of being desirable; (b) rare a desirable thing: E19.
desirableness noun M17.
desirably adverb E19.