desiderative

adj

Etymology

From Latin dēsīderātīvus.

  1. borrowed from dēsīderātīvus

Definitions

  1. Having or indicating wish or desire.

  2. Of a verb expressing a wish.

  3. A verbal mood expressing the desire to carry out an act, found in languages such as…

    A verbal mood expressing the desire to carry out an act, found in languages such as Ancient Greek and Sanskrit; the optative.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for desiderative. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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