desirous

«desirous» in Mova's school dictionary: Old or formal: wanting very much to have or do something — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (no comparative in use)

meaning for a pupil

Old or formal: wanting very much to have or do something. tree →

sense in the lessons

in old tales, a prince or princess who is desirous of a gift, a husband or a treasure.

examples

• The king was desirous of a golden carpet. tree →
• She was desirous to learn magic. tree →
• Are you desirous of a second helping? tree →

note

nothing for maths

In the corpora

• Be not desirous of his dainties; seeing they are deceitful food.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «desirous» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.