Word Meanings - DESIRELESS - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Free from desire. Donne.

Related words: (words related to DESIRELESS)

• DONNEE
  Lit., given; hence, in a literary work, as a drama or tale, that which is assumed as to characters, situation, etc., as a basis for the plot or story. W. E. Henley. That favorite romance donnée of the heir kept out of his own. Saintsbury.
• DESIREFUL
  Filled with desire; eager. The desireful troops. Godfrey .
• DESIRER
  One who desires, asks, or wishes.
• DESIRELESS
  Free from desire. Donne.
• DESIREFULNESS
  The state of being desireful; eagerness to obtain and possess. The desirefulness of our minds much augmenteth and increaseth our pleasure. Udall.
• DESIRE
  sidus star, constellation, and hence orig., to turn the eyes from the 1. To long for; to wish for earnestly; to covet. Neither shall any man desire thy land. Ex. xxxiv. 24. Ye desire your child to live. Tennyson. 2. To express a wish
• CORDONNET
  Doubled and twisted thread, made of coarse silk, and used for tassels, fringes, etc. McElrath.