desiderium

[des-i-deer-ee-uhm]

noun, plural des·i·de·ri·a

[-deer-ee-uh] .

an ardent longing, as for something lost.

Origin:
1705–15; < Latin; see desiderate, -ium

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Desiderium has a plethora of syllables.

So is cyclotrimethylenetrinitramine. Does it mean:

a white, crystalline, water-insoluble, powerful high explosive, C3H6N6O6, used chiefly in bombs and shells.

the estimation of something as valueless (encountered mainly as an example of one of the longest words in the English language).

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