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‖ ˈutinam Obs.
[L. utinam oh that! would that!, f. uti (ut conj.) + nam indeed.]
An earnest wish or fervent desire.
1643Sir T. Browne Relig. Med. §24 'Tis not a melancholy Utinam of mine owne, but the desires of better heads. 1646― Pseud. Ep. i. x. 38 Nor can the will which hath a power to runne into velleities..have any utinam of this. 1718Entertainer No. 9. 56 Our Religion is pure and undefiled... A Glance or a Utinam, in Christianity, are Criminal. |