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