exoptation
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]exoptation (plural not attested)
- (archaic) An earnest wishing or desire.
- 1626, Stephen Denison, Another Tombestone[1]:
- Come we now to the ſecond, namely the exoptation in theſe words
- 1810, Alicia Tindal Palmer, The Daughters of Isenberg: A Barvarian Romance[2]:
- "That which most excites my marvel," said the lady, "is the exoptation which my eldest niece has enunciated!
- 1841, Rev. Thomas Hall, The Life, Adventures, and Opinions of a Liverpool Policeman[3]:
- first we thought it was an oath, but soon discovered that it was an exoptation for his success