different between desirable vs beefcake

English

Etymology

From Old French desirable.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d??za????b?l/, [d??za?(j)???b??]

Adjective

desirable (comparative more desirable, superlative most desirable)

1. Worthy to be desired; pleasing; agreeable.

Antonyms

• undesirable

Derived terms

• desirability
• desirableness

Translations

Noun

desirable (plural desirables)

1. A thing that people want; something that is desirable.

   There are plenty of desirables on display in the window.

Anagrams

• barleeids, bride-ales, derisable, rideables

Middle French

Adjective

desirable m or f (plural desirables)

1. desirable

English

Alternative forms

• beef-cake

Etymology

From beef +? cake, by analogy with cheesecake (“an image of a sexy young woman”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?bi?f?ke?k/

Noun

beefcake (countable and uncountable, plural beefcakes)

1. (informal, uncountable) Imagery of one or more muscular, well-built men.

   Coordinate term: cheesecake

2. (informal, countable) Such a male, especially as seen as physically desirable.

   Synonyms: lady-killer, hunk, adonis

   • 2014, Stephen King, Mr. Mercedes: A Novel, Simon and Schuster (?ISBN)

     The audience goes bugshit. The security beefcakes separate them and the host gets between them, talking in a voice that is soothing on top, inciteful beneath.

3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see beef,? cake.
   • 1998, Jessie Tirsch, McGuire's Irish Pub Cookbook, Pelican, page 145:

     Beefcake with Burgundy Mushroom Cream

Related terms

• beefy

Translations

Further reading

• beefcake on Wikipedia.Wikipedia