Dictionary entry

Desirable

Webster's Dictionary 1913

De‐sir″a‐ble (?), a. [F. désirable, fr. L. desiderabilis. See Desire, v. t.] Worthy of desire or longing; fitted to excite desire or a wish to possess; pleasing; agreeable.

All of them desirable young men. Ezek. xxiii. 12.

As things desirable excite

Desire, and objects move the appetite. Blackmore.