"undesire" meaning in All languages combined

See undesire on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: undesires [plural]
Etymology: From un- + desire. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|un|desire}} un- + desire Head templates: {{en-noun}} undesire (plural undesires)
  1. Lack or absence of desire; desirelessness. Synonyms: unwill

Inflected forms

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "un",
        "3": "desire"
      },
      "expansion": "un- + desire",
      "name": "prefix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From un- + desire.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "undesires",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "undesire (plural undesires)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms prefixed with un-",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1969, Max Kaltenmark, Lao Tzu and Taoism:",
          "text": "Similarly, lines five and six, in the punctuation adopted, imply that the states of desire and undesire are antithetical.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2013, Farid al-Din Attar, Muslim Saints and Mystics:",
          "text": "“I am the pearl of the mine of undesire,” came the answer. “Now tell the disciples, My mine is the mine of undesire, and my pearl is the pearl of the mine of unpurpose.”",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Lack or absence of desire; desirelessness."
      ],
      "id": "en-undesire-en-noun-2XliBB6Y",
      "links": [
        [
          "desire",
          "desire"
        ],
        [
          "desirelessness",
          "desirelessness"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "unwill"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "undesire"
}
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "un",
        "3": "desire"
      },
      "expansion": "un- + desire",
      "name": "prefix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From un- + desire.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "undesires",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "undesire (plural undesires)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms prefixed with un-",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1969, Max Kaltenmark, Lao Tzu and Taoism:",
          "text": "Similarly, lines five and six, in the punctuation adopted, imply that the states of desire and undesire are antithetical.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2013, Farid al-Din Attar, Muslim Saints and Mystics:",
          "text": "“I am the pearl of the mine of undesire,” came the answer. “Now tell the disciples, My mine is the mine of undesire, and my pearl is the pearl of the mine of unpurpose.”",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Lack or absence of desire; desirelessness."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "desire",
          "desire"
        ],
        [
          "desirelessness",
          "desirelessness"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "unwill"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "undesire"
}

Download raw JSONL data for undesire meaning in All languages combined (1.3kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-11-06 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-10-02 using wiktextract (fbeafe8 and 7f03c9b). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.