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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. adj. Having or expressing desire; desiring: Both sides were desirous of finding a quick solution to the problem.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. Wishing to obtain; wishful; solicitous; anxious; eager.
  2. Desirable.

Wiktionary

  1. adj. Feeling desire; eagerly wishing; solicitous; eager to obtain; covetous.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. adj. Feeling desire; eagerly wishing; solicitous; eager to obtain; covetous.

WordNet 3.0

  1. adj. having or expressing desire for something

Etymologies

  1. Old French desirrous, from desirrer + -ous (Wiktionary)

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  • seanahan One of the greatest quotes of all time. Oct 28, 2007

  • pshaw "The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing but burn, burn, burn like fabulous roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars and in the middle you see the blue centerlight pop and everybody goes 'Awww!" Oct 28, 2007

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‘desirous’ has been looked up 1710 times, loved by 2 people, added to 17 lists, commented on 2 times, and has a Scrabble score of 9.