Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Desirous

Desirous , adjective

[French désireux, Old French desiros, from desir. See Desire, n.]

Feeling desire; eagerly wishing; solicitous; eager to obtain; covetous.
Jesus knew that they were desirous to ask him. — John xvi. 19
Be not desirous of his dainties. — Bible (KJV) - Proverb xxiii. 3