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desperate
late 15c., "despairing, hopeless," from L.
desperatus
"given up, despaired of," pp. of
desperare
(see
despair
). Sense of "driven to recklessness" is from late 15c.; weakened sense of "having a great desire for" is from 1950s. Related:
Desperately
.
