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overmoody

adj

Etymology

From Middle English overmodi, ofermodiȝ, from Old English ofermōdiġ (“haughty, proud, arrogant”), from ofermōd (“arrogance, pride”) + -iġ. Equivalent to over- + mood + -y.

  1. inherited from ofermōdiġ — “haughty, proud, arrogant”
  2. inherited from overmodi

Definitions

  1. Proud or haughty.

    • Then spake the overmoody King, that erst was brightest of angels, […]

  2. Excessively moody.

    • Until we truly comprehend the fundamental differences in psychic mechanisms between the jolly, outgoing, sociable child and the acutely reticent, overmoody one, we can't help them educationally to fulfill their own potentialities or […]

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