Associations to the word «Desideratum»

Wiktionary

DESIDERATUM, noun. Something that is wished for, or considered desirable.

Dictionary definition

DESIDERATUM, noun. Something desired as a necessity; "the desiderata for a vacation are time and money".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats