Meaning & use
desiderium
An ardent, wistful longing for something lost or unattainable, especially a person or a past experience.
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She felt a quiet desiderium for the small town she had left behind years ago.
His letters were filled with a desiderium for a friendship that could never be restored.
A note on using this word
Desiderium is a rare, literary Latin loanword; 'longing' or 'yearning' will read more naturally in everyday writing.
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