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moody

adj
/ˈmuːdi//ˈmudi/

Etymology

From Middle English mody, modi, from Old English mōdiġ (“brave”), from Proto-Germanic *mōdagaz (“courageous”). By surface analysis, mood + -y.

  1. inherited from *mōdagaz✻ — “courageous”
  2. inherited from mōdiġ — “brave”
  3. inherited from mody

Definitions

  1. Given to sudden or frequent changes of mind

    Given to sudden or frequent changes of mind; temperamental.

    • How now? moodie? / What is't thou canſt demand?

  2. Sulky or depressed.

  3. Dour, gloomy or brooding.

  4. ›+ 4 more definitions

    1. Of dubious origin

      Of dubious origin; counterfeit or stolen.

      • Both Garry and Wally were dressed in dodgy suits and looked ready to hit the streets of Peckham to sell moody goods.

    2. A surname.

    3. A number of places in the United States

      A number of places in the United States:

    4. A locality on the Eyre Peninsula, South Australia.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at moody. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01moody02sulky03silent04taciturn05temperamentally06temperamental

A definitional loop anchored at moody. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

6 hops · closes at moody

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA