Relating to or expressing a strong desire or wish for something.
From Latin desiderativus, formed from desiderare (to desire) plus the suffix -ive (tending to, having the quality of). In linguistics, it refers to a grammatical mood expressing desire.
Linguists use 'desiderative' to describe a special grammatical mood in some languages—like Japanese and Sanskrit—that specifically expresses 'I want to do X.' English doesn't have this built into our grammar, so we have to say it with extra words!
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