d 2 e 1 s 1 p 3 e 1 r 1 a 1 t 1 i 1 o 1 n 1
11 letters · 14 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun a state in which all hope is lost or absent
noun desperate recklessness
originFrom Middle English desperacion, desperacioun, desperation, disparacion, disperacion, disperacioun, dispiracioune, dysperacioun, from Middle French desperation and its etymon Latin dēspērātiō, dēspērātiōnis. By surface analysis, desperate + -ion.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
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