different between desirous vs wanting

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d??za????s/, /d??za???s/
• Rhymes: -a????s

Adjective

desirous (comparative more desirous, superlative most desirous)

1. Feeling desire; eagerly wishing; eager to obtain.

   Synonyms: solicitous, covetous

Translations

Anagrams

• eurosids, siderous

Middle English

Etymology

From Old French desirrous; equivalent to desiren +? -ous.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d??zi??ru?s/, /d??zi?rus/, /d??-/, /di-/

Adjective

desirous

1. desirous, experiencing desire

Descendants

• English: desirous

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?w?nt??/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?w?nt??/
• Rhymes: -?nt??

Etymology 1

From Middle English wantyng, wantynge, wantand, equivalent to want +? -ing.

Adjective

wanting (comparative more wanting, superlative most wanting)

1. That wants or desires.
2. Absent or lacking.
   • 1813, Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice, Modern Library Edition (1995), page 171,

     […] but where other powers of entertainment are wanting, the true philosopher will derive benefit from such as are given.

3. Deficient.

Derived terms

• wantingly

Translations

Preposition

wanting

1. Without, except, but.
2. Less, short of, minus.

Verb

wanting

1. present participle of want

Etymology 2

From Middle English wantyng, wantynge, equivalent to want +? -ing.

Noun

wanting (countable and uncountable, plural wantings)

1. The state of wanting something; desire.
   • 2004, Joseph H. Casey S.J., Life, Love, and Sex

     Choice occurs only when we experience a conflict of wantings.