Definition of Desirables

1. Noun. (plural of desirable) ¹

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Definition of Desirables

1. desirable [n] - See also: desirable

Lexicographical Neighbors of Desirables

desines
desingularization
desingularizations
desinicization
desining
desipience
desipramine
desipramine hydrochloride
desipramines
desir'd
desirabilities
desirability
desirable
desirableness
desirablenesses
desirables
desirably
desire line
desire lines
desire path
desire paths
desire to know
desireableness
desired
desired future condition
desireful
desirefulness
desireless
desirelessness

Literary usage of Desirables

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Historical Sketches of the Native Irish and Their Descendants: Illustrative by Christopher Anderson (1830)
"DESIDERATA BOOKS, Or brief Catalogue of Desirables for the Native Irish Population. HAVING endeavoured to collect every particular which might serve to be ..."

2. First Aid to the Young Housekeeper by Christine Terhune Herrick (1900)
"IV KITCHEN Desirables THE preceding list may seem meagre, but it should be borne in mind that it comprises only bare essentials to ordinary good but not ..."

3. The Journal of Heredity by American Genetic Association (1914)
"Where Normals (whose ancestors on the whole were normal people) marry Desirables (whose ancestors were chiefly normal), the normal partners will prove ..."

4. A Catalogue Raisonnée [sic] of Oriental Manuscripts in the Library of the by William Taylor (1860)
"... homage to the forest goddess to gain desirables; with various other like matters. The book is of medium thickness, leaves of differing lengths, ..."

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