Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Desirable

Desirable , adjective

[French désirable, from Latin desiderabilis. See Desire, transitive verb]

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