Mood Definition
- having, for the moment, an inclination or fancy for
in the mood for ice cream
Other Word Forms of Mood
Noun
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Mood
- in the mood for
Origin of Mood
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From Middle English mood, mode, mod, from Old English mōd (“heart, mind, spirit, mood, temper; courage; arrogance, pride; power, violence"), from Proto-Germanic *mōdÄ…, *mōdaz (“sense, courage, zeal, anger"), from Proto-Indo-European *mō-, *mÄ“- (“endeavour, will, temper"). Cognate with Scots mude, muid (“mood, courage, spirit, temper, disposition"), West Frisian moed (“mind, spirit, courage, will, intention"), Dutch moed (“courage, bravery, heart, valor"), Low German Mōt, MÅ«t (“mind, heart, courage"), German Mut (“courage, braveness, heart, spirit"), Swedish mod (“courage, heart, bravery"), Icelandic móður (“wrath, grief, moodiness"), Latin mōs (“will, humour, wont, inclination, mood"), Russian сметь (smetʹ, “to dare, venture").
From Wiktionary
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Middle English mod from Old English mōd disposition mē-1 in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Alteration of mode
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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Alteration of mode
From Wiktionary
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