n. [ The same word as mode, perh. influenced by mood temper. See Mode. ]
n. [ OE. mood, mod, AS. mōdmind, feeling, heart, courage; akin to OS. & OFries. mōd, D. moed, OHG. muot, G. muth, mut, courage, Dan. & Sw. mod, Icel. mōðr wrath, Goth. mōds. ] Temper of mind; temporary state of the mind in regard to passion or feeling; humor;
Till at the last aslaked was his mood. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
Fortune is merry,
And in this mood will give us anything. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
The desperate recklessness of her mood. Hawthorne. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Mother. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. In a moody manner. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality or state of being moody; specifically, liability to strange or violent moods. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ Ar. mudīr. ] The governor of a province in Egypt, etc.
a. Moody. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. Moodily. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
a.
Arouse thee from thy moody dream! Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]