optative

adjective

Expressing a wish or choice.

adjective

Of, relating to, or being a mood of verbs in some languages, such as Greek, used to express a wish.

adjective

Designating a statement using a verb in the subjunctive mood to indicate a wish or desire, as in Had I the means, I would do it.

noun

The optative mood.

noun

A verb or an expression in the optative mood.

Expressing or expressive of desire or wish.

Expressing wish or desire by a distinct grammatical form; pertaining to or constituting the mode named from this use: as, the optative mode; optative constructions.

noun

Something to be desired.

noun

In grammar, the optative mode of a verb. Abbreviated opt.