desirous

Etymology

From Middle English, from Old French desirrous, from desirrer + -ous.

adj

  1. Feeling desire; eagerly wishing; eager to obtain.
    More significantly, rigid deference to [Justin] Bieber’s still-young core fan base keeps things resolutely PG, with any acknowledgement of sex either couched in vague “touch your body” workarounds or downgraded to desirous hand-holding and eye-gazing. 26 June 2012, Genevieve Koski, “Music: Reviews: Justin Bieber: Believe”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 2020-08-06

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