desiderative

About 0.03 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Having or indicating wish or desire.
2. adjective Of a verb expressing a wish.
3. noun A verbal mood expressing the desire to carry out an act, found in languages such as Ancient Greek and Sanskrit; the optative.

Similar words

wantish yearnsome wistful appetent lickerish thirsty prurient liquorous whistful itchy

Often followed by

and suffix part predicates verb form forms soul power