desideratum. Noun
– something desired as a necessity;
– essential, necessary, requisite
– anything indispensable;
"food and shelter are necessities of life"; "the essentials of the good life"
This book has for some time been a desideratum. Too expensive for me to justify the expense.
Given to me for my birthday from Sheila. One more of those accumulated kindnesses that strengthens marriage "like seasoned timber",(1). Each kindness a sacrament of friendship, making grace as undeserved favour less incredible, because so often encountered in the generous being-thereness of those special others in our everyday life.
(1) Checking the reference in my new book :)) the phrase is from Herbert's "Vertue", line 14. The note on the line says "wood matured and tested (through the trial of the seasons)". Just so! (pages 316, 319)
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