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Wiktionary

  1. n. obsolete A fervent wish.

Etymologies

  1. From Latin utinam. (Wiktionary)

Examples

  • “N.N. dat poenas, saith [2351] Crato of such a one, utinam non attraheret: he is punished, and is the cause of it [2352] himself:”

    Anatomy of Melancholy

  • “Think but of that old proverb, ᾑρώων πήματα, heroum filii noxae, great men's sons seldom do well; O utinam aut coelebs mansissem, aut prole carerem! would that I had either remained single, or not had children, [5789] Augustus exclaims in Suetonius.”

    Anatomy of Melancholy

  • “Amor. vascula plena multae infelicitatis omnem mariotorum opulentiam in haec inpendunt, dracones pro monilibus habent, qui utinam vere dracones essent.”

    Anatomy of Melancholy

  • “Quam suave canit! verbum audax dixi, omnium quos vidi formosissimus, utinam amare me dignetur!”

    Anatomy of Melancholy

  • “Educatio altera natura, alterat animos et voluntatem, atque utinam (inquit) liberorum nostrorum mores non ipsi perderemus, quum infantiam statim deliciis solvimus: mollior ista educatio, quam indulgentiam vocamus, nervos omnes, et mentis et corporis frangit; fit ex his consuetudo, inde natura.”

    Anatomy of Melancholy

  • “Sed dum hæc tuis auribus à me occinuntur, utinam gemitus meos altissimos, qui sub hac ad te Apostrophe latent, Serenis simæ Regiæ”

    A briefe commentarie of Island, by Arngrimus Ionas

  • “Sed dum h鎐 tuis auribus � me occinuntur, utinam gemitus meos altissimos, qui sub hac ad te Apostrophe latent, Serenis sim� Regi�”

    The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation

  • “Veruntamen si tu: utinam audias me: dabo argentum agri, cape a me, et sepliam mortuum meum ibi.”

    Commentary on Genesis - Volume 1

  • “Tunc dixit Laban, Ecce utinam sit secundum verbum tuum.”

    Commentary on Genesis - Volume 2

  • “For what remains concerning him, “Do illi ingenium, do eloquentiam et industriam; fidem et veritatem utinam coluisset.””

    The Doctrine of the Saints��� Perseverance Explained and Confirmed

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  • super-kawy An earnest wish or yearning. May 1, 2009

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