optative

About 0.10 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Expressing a wish or a choice.
2. adjective Related or pertaining to the optative mood.
3. noun A mood of verbs found in some languages (e.g. Sanskrit, Old Prussian, Tamil, and Ancient Greek, but not English), used to express a wish.
4. noun A verb or expression in the optative mood.

Similar words

optative mood desiderative volitional facultative intentive aspirational optable optionary elective go-to

Often followed by

mood and in is or of subjunctive forms form

Word family

optatively optatives