Our language also has words for вЂњshouting together with joyвЂќ ( conjubilant) and, on the flip-side, a word for вЂњa weeping withвЂќ (the definition given to collachrimation by Henry Cockeram in 1623).Д«ut compathy is a two-edged sword. It can be pleasant to have someone with whom you may share feelings of joy, and reassuring to have someone with whom you may share your sorrows, and so it is doubly pleasing that the English language has a word which neatly covers both of these scenarios (although it should be noted that this word, compathy, appears to be primarily used in a clinical setting, in the field of mental health). Thomas James Mathias (translator), The Imperial Epistle from Kien Long, Emperor of China, to George the Third, King of Great Britain, 1796Дefinition: shared feeling (as of joy or sorrow) I have studied almost every principal writer on the subject, but must except the general History of China, translated by Father Moyrac de Mailla in Twelve volumes 4to, which I just saw, but could not obtain, and I regret it daily with all the fulness of that desiderium which so dear a head as Father Moyrac de MaillaвЂ™s demands. All of these words come from the Latin desiderare (meaning вЂњto long forвЂќ), yet only desiderium carries the meaning of having feelings for something that we no longer have, and wish very much that we did.

Yet far too few of us are familiar with what is perhaps the least-known member of this particular family, the word desiderium.

Most of us are familiar with the word desire, which, in addition to a number of other things, can mean вЂњsomething desired.вЂќ And some of us are familiar with this wordвЂ™s less-common cousin, desideratum, which means вЂњsomething desired as essentialвЂќ (the plural of this word is desiderata). Definition: an ardent desire or longing especially: a feeling of loss or grief for something lost

Desiderium cibos