desirableness
English
Etymology
desirable + -ness
Noun
desirableness (countable and uncountable, plural desirablenesses)
- The quality of being desirable.
- 1925, D. H. Lawrence, Reflections on the Death of a Porcupine and Other Essays: .. Love Was Once a Little Boy
- To me she is fractious, tiresome, and a faggot. Yet the subtle desirableness is in her, for me. As it is in the brown hen, or even a sow.
- 1925, D. H. Lawrence, Reflections on the Death of a Porcupine and Other Essays: .. Love Was Once a Little Boy
Synonyms
- desirability (more usual)