|
|
Definition of Desiderata
1. n. pl. See Desideratum.
Definition of Desiderata
1. Noun. (plural of desideratum) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Desiderata
1. desideratum [n] - See also: desideratum
Lexicographical Neighbors of Desiderata
Literary usage of Desiderata
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Silver and Gold and Their Relation to the Problem of Resumption by Samuel Dana Horton (1876)
"So far as I am aware, no satisfactory solution has been suggested of the problem
of applying the Standard of desiderata in practice, on a large scale. ..."
2. The Economy of Happiness by James MacKaye (1906)
"External desiderata may be divided into material and non-material; ... Material
desiderata whose quantity is sufficiently restricted to give them a value in ..."
3. Report of the Annual Meeting (1836)
"desiderata, THE following Reports on the progress ... desiderata of dif- rent
branches of science have been drawn up at the request of the Association, ..."
4. The History of Normandy and of Englandby Francis Palgrave by Francis Palgrave (1878)
"desiderata, p. 171. The circumstances attending her marriage, and the share taken
by Bertha in forwarding the match, are found, with more or less ..."
5. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1899)
"175 ; Peek's desiderata Curiosa, 1779, ii. 536; Nichols's Hinckley, 1782, p.
77, and App. 1787, pp. 335, 403; Brook's Lives of the Puritans, 1813, iii. ..."
6. The Chinese Repository by Elijah Coleman Bridgman, S. W. Williams (1846)
"I. The new year: prospects and desiderata; comparative. Chinese and English
Calendar for the current year; list of commercial houses and foreign officers in ..."
Other Resources:
