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optative

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Scrabble points
13
Words With Friends
15
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/ˈɒptətɪv/
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/ˈɒptətɪv/ · /ɒpˈteɪtɪv/

Definition of optative

4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Expressing a wish or a choice.
    “an optative blessing”
    “[…] then, in the optative retirement from hard science that building and opening a U.S.T.A-accredited and pedagogically experimental tennis academy apparently represented for him […]”
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adj

  1. Expressing a wish or a choice.
    “an optative blessing”
    “[…] then, in the optative retirement from hard science that building and opening a U.S.T.A-accredited and pedagogically experimental tennis academy apparently represented for him […]”
  2. Related or pertaining to the optative mood.

noun

  1. 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.
  2. A verb or expression in the optative mood.

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Etymology

From Middle French optatif, from Late Latin optātīvus, a calque of Ancient Greek εὐκτική (euktikḗ, “related to wishing”), from Latin optātus, past participle of optāre.

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