optative
adjectiveExpressing a wish or choice.
adjectiveOf, relating to, or being a mood of verbs in some languages, such as Greek, used to express a wish.
adjectiveDesignating 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.
nounThe optative mood.
nounA 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.
nounSomething to be desired.
nounIn grammar, the optative mode of a verb. Abbreviated opt.
