desirableness

English

Etymology

desirable +‎ -ness

Noun

desirableness (countable and uncountable, plural desirablenesses)

1. The quality of being desirable.
   • 1925, D. H. Lawrence, Reflections on the Death of a Porcupine and Other Essays: .. Love Was Once a Little Boy:

     To me she is fractious, tiresome, and a faggot. Yet the subtle desirableness is in her, for me. As it is in the brown hen, or even a sow.

Synonyms

• desirability (more usual)