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Aug. 13, 2014
Word of the Day

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\des-i-DEER-ee-uhm\
noun
1. an ardent longing, as for something lost.
Quotes
I think as seldom as I can of what I loved or esteemed in it, to avoid the desiderium which of all things makes life most uneasy.
-- Jonathan Swift (1667–1745), Letter to Alexander Pope on June 28, 1715, The Works of Jonathan Swift, 1859
Origin
Desiderium comes from the Latin verb dēsīderāre meaning "to long for; require." It entered English in the early 1700s.
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