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Definition of Desideratum
1. Noun. Something desired as a necessity. "The desiderata for a vacation are time and money"
Definition of Desideratum
1. n. Anything desired; that of which the lack is felt; a want generally felt and acknowledge.
Definition of Desideratum
1. Noun. Something that is wished for, or considered desirable. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Desideratum
1. [n -TA]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Desideratum
Literary usage of Desideratum
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1858)
"... AD 1057, — a desideratum in our genealogical literature which I hardly feel
capable of supplying, at least with the ..."
2. Lives of the Queens of England: from the Norman conquest by Agnes Strickland (1848)
"... England and Flanders, that great desideratum which had been a national object,
since the alliance of William the Conqueror with Matilda of Flanders. ..."
3. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"... of the Catholic clergy,And earnestly strove, since 1862, for the establishment
5f that free Catholic university in Germany which is yet a desideratum. ..."
4. The Works of Rufus Choate: With a Memoir of His Life by Rufus Choate, Samuel Gilman Brown (1862)
"Stable protecting legislation, not an unprotecting stability, and not a fluctuating
protection, is the one grand desideratum for American harmony and ..."
5. Elevators: A Practical Treatise on the Development and Design of Hand, Belt by John H. Jallings (1915)
"In those days economy in power in the case of the elevator was not a desideratum;
lifting power and speed were the objective points, and they were certainly ..."
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