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# desirous

«desirous» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **Old or formal: wanting very much to have or do something** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (no comparative in use)

### meaning for a pupil

Old or formal: wanting very much to have or do something. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/desirous/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

Interpretation: The proverb teaches not to crave the food of a deceitful host, a lesson about self-control and honest dealing. In the primary lessons: in old tales, a prince or princess who is desirous of a gift, a husband or a treasure.

### examples

- Be not desirous of his dainties; seeing they are deceitful food. (Writings PRO.23.3, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/desirous/#x1)
- The king was desirous of a golden carpet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/desirous/#x2)
- She was desirous to learn magic. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/desirous/#x3)
- Are you desirous of a second helping? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/desirous/#x4)

### note

nothing for maths

### In the corpora

- [Be not desirous of his dainties; seeing they are deceitful food.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.651/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «desirous» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/desirous/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.