Anglais modifier

Étymologie modifier

De l’ancien français desirrous, → voir desire et -ous.

Adjectif modifier

desirous \dɪ.zaɪ.ɹəs\

  1. Désireux.
    • At first we thought it was the want of company of his own kind that made him ask this question; but at last we began to see he was desirous to avoid them. — (Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island, page 3. 1883.)

Prononciation modifier

  • Sud de l'Angleterre (Royaume-Uni) : écouter « desirous [Prononciation ?] »