Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A longing or ardent desire as for something once possessed and now missed; pain or regret on account of loss or absence.
Examples
“The word desiderium here cannot be easily translated.”
“ The word desiderium here cannot be easily translated.”
“desiderium' the sense of not being quite satisfied, proceed in regard to the 44.p. 3.”
“Cordibus nostris, quæsumus Domine, cælestis gloriæ inspira desiderium, et præsta: ut in dextris illuc feramus manipulos iustitiæ: ubi tecum sanctus coruscat Abbas Columba.”
“Amor est voluntarius affectus et desiderium re bona fruendi.”
“When they show their fair hand, fine foot and leg withal, magnum sui desiderium nobis relinquunt, saith [4987] Balthazar Castilio, lib.”
“Non est amor desiderium aut appetitus ut ab omnibus hactenus traditim; nam cum potimur amata re, non manet appetitus; est igitur affectus quo cum re amata aut unimur, aut unionem perpetuamus.”
“In salutis suae desperatione proponunt sibi mortis desiderium, Oct. Horat l.”
“Ad utile sanitas refertur; utilium est ambitio, cupido desiderium potius quam amor excessus avaritia.”
“Comedi ad satietatem, gravitas me offendit; parcius edi, non est expletum desiderium; venereas delicias sequor, hinc morbus, lassitudo, &c. 3880.”
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phrontistery - d
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Logolepsy
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Euphemisms in religions: on the way religions avoid mentioning some words, with the funny flip side that people get more interested in them.
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summer words 2009
how many words can I make mine this summer?
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