[di-sid-uh-rey-tuh
m, -rah-, -zid-] 
[-tuh] . | something wanted or needed. |
| de·sid·er·a·ta (dĭ-sĭd'ə-rā'tə, -rä'-) n. Plural of desideratum. |
| de·sid·er·a·tum (dĭ-sĭd'ə-rā'təm, -rä'-) n. pl. de·sid·er·a·ta (-tə) Something considered necessary or highly desirable: "The point is not that the artist has 'penetrated the character' of his sitter, that commonplace desideratum of portraiture" (Robert Hughes). [Latin dēsīderātum, from neuter past participle of dēsīderāre, to desire; see desire.] |