Adjective: desiderative di'zi-du-ru-tiv or di'si-du,rey-tiv [N. Amer], di'si-du-ru-tiv or di'zi-du-ru-tiv [Brit]
- Indicating desire or want
"The desiderative tone in her voice made it clear she really wanted the job"
- (grammar) relating to or denoting a verbal form expressing desire to perform an action
"In Sanskrit, desiderative verbs are formed by reduplication"
- (linguistics) a verb form expressing desire to perform the action of the root verb
"In Sanskrit, desideratives are formed by reduplication and the suffix -sa"
Derived forms: desideratives
Encyclopedia: Desiderative