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11 letters · 15 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun something desired as a necessity
originLearned borrowing from Latin dēsīderātum (“something that is desired”), neuter nominative singular of dēsīderātus, the passive past participle of dēsīderāre (“to desire”), from dēsīderō (“to desire, want, wish for”), from de- (intensifying prefix) + possibly sīdus (“star; constellation”) though the connection is unclear. The English word is cognate with French desideratum, Spanish desiderátum.…
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
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