Optative
Optative , adjective
[Latin optativus: compare French optatif.]
Expressing desire or wish. — Fuller
Collocations (1)
Optative mood (Grammar) , that mood or form of a verb, as in Greek, Sanskrit, etc., in which a wish or desire is expressed.
Optative , noun
[Compare French optatif.]
1.
Something to be desired. [Rare] — Bacon
2.
(Grammar) The optative mood; also, a verb in the optative mood.