LekhoriLekhoriA barren area of land or desolate terrain, especially one with little water or vegetation; a wasteland.
And ye poore Pilgrimes, that vvith reſtleſſe toyle VVearie your ſelues in vvandring deſert vvayes […]
That which is deserved or merited; a just punishment or reward.
just deserts
Obsolete form of dessert.
Francis, besides being an excellent Cook, knowing how to provide genteel Dinners, and giving aid in dressing them, prepared the Desert, made the Cake, and did every thing that Hyde & wife conjointly do;—[…]
Usually of a place: abandoned, deserted, or uninhabited.
They were marooned on a desert island in the Pacific.
From Middle English desert (“wilderness”), from Old French desert, from Latin dēsertum, past participle of dēserō (“to abandon”). Generally displaced native Old English wēsten. False cognate of Egypti...
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To leave one's duty or post, especially to leave a military or naval unit without permission.
Anyone found deserting will be punished.