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mood
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: mo?od, IPA(key): /mu?d/
- Rhymes: -u?d
- Homophone: mooed
Etymology 1
From Middle English mood, mode, mod, from Old English m?d (“heart, mind, spirit, mood, temper; courage; arrogance, pride; power, violence”), from Proto-Germanic *m?d?, *m?daz (“sense, courage, zeal, anger”), from Proto-Indo-European *moh?-, *meh?- (“endeavour, will, temper”). Cognate with Scots mude, muid (“mood, courage, spirit, temper, disposition”), Saterland Frisian Moud (“courage”), West Frisian moed (“mind, spirit, courage, will, intention”), Dutch moed (“courage, bravery, heart, valor”), German Low German Mood (“mind, heart, courage”), German Mut (“courage, braveness, heart, spirit”), Danish mod (“courage, heart, bravery”), Swedish mod (“courage, heart, bravery”), Icelandic móður (“wrath, grief, moodiness”), Latin m?s (“will, humour, wont, inclination, mood”), Russian ????? (smet?, “to dare, venture”).
Noun
mood (plural moods)
- A mental or emotional state, composure.
- Synonyms: composure, humor, spirit, temperament
- Emotional character (of a work of music, literature, or other art).
- 1979, Judith Glassman, The Year in Music, 1979 (?ISBN):
- Whatever the mood of her music, funky or romantic, upbeat or blue, sophisticated or simple, her fans get the message. And as long as the word comes from Natalie, they adore it, turning every one of her albums to gold or platinum.
- 1979, Judith Glassman, The Year in Music, 1979 (?ISBN):
- A sullen, gloomy or angry mental state; a bad mood.
- Synonyms: (informal) huff, pet, temper
- Antonyms: good humour, good mood, good spirits
- 2010, Michelle West, City of Night: A Novel of the House War, Penguin (?ISBN):
- Rath was clearly in a mood, and only Jay could fix that. They found Carver first. Rath was even less amused to see Carver in the drill room than he had been to find Duster. He grabbed Carver with his free hand, and dragged him out.
- 2018, Catherine Lievens, Beacon in the Darkness, eXtasy Books (?ISBN), page 93:
- Joel was obviously in a mood, and if he was going to start yelling, Alex would rather be alone. “What did I do this time?” “It's more what you didn't do, idiot.”
- A disposition to do something, a state of mind receptive or disposed to do something.
- Synonyms: huff, frame of mind
- 2018, Rebecca Chastain, A Fistful of Frost, Mind Your Muse Books (?ISBN):
- "The Placer SPCA brings by some kittens and puppies, and I do my best to get everyone tipsy and in a donating mood."
- A prevalent atmosphere, attitude, or feeling.
- 1994, Kenneth Fearing, Complete Poems, page xxvi:
- This was the mood that led him to deny to Mainstream, the successor to the New Masses , permission to reprint “Reading, Writing, and the Rackets.” This was the mood that, when he was invited to a meeting to draft a letter of protest […]
- 2010, Richard J. Murnane, John B. Willett, Methods Matter, Oxford University Press (?ISBN), page 8:
- By the early 1970s, more than 50,000 American deaths and the accompanying failed foreign-policy objectives had changed the country's mood.
- 1994, Kenneth Fearing, Complete Poems, page xxvi:
- (very colloquial, slang) A familiar, relatable feeling, experience, or thing.
- Synonym: big mood
- 2019, Kris Ripper, Runaway Road Trip: (A Definitely-Not-Romantic Adventure):
- “I'm only here for a night. I'm road tripping with a friend and he decided we needed a queer bar, stat.” “Oh, that's a whole mood.”
- 2020, Birgit Breidenbach, Aesthetic and Philosophical Reflections on Mood: Stimmung and Modernity, Routledge (?ISBN)
- […] For academics, not being familiar with new phrases that your students cofindently wield is a whole mood. […]
- 2020, Cynthia St. Aubin, Love Bites (Oliver-Heber Books):
- He'd drawn a variety of designs on the white rubber toes. “Nice shoes,” I said. “Likewise,” he said, glancing down at my rockabilly-red peep toe pumps. “Those kicks are a whole-ass mood.” Whether Steven liked them on me or might like to […]
- (obsolete, Northern England and Scotland) Courage, heart, valor; also vim and vigor.
- 1440, O lord omnipotent?
- 1440, O lord omnipotent?
Usage notes
- Adjectives often used with "mood": good, bad, foul.
- The phrase with main and mood means "with all one's might".
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- ambiance, ambience
- atmosphere
- Gemütlichkeit
References
- The Middle English Dictionary
- The Dictionary of the Scots Language
Etymology 2
Alteration of mode, from Latin modus.
Noun
mood (plural moods)
- (grammar) A verb form that depends on how its containing clause relates to the speaker’s or writer’s wish, intent, or assertion about reality.
- Synonyms: grammatical mood, mode
Hyponyms
- See also Thesaurus:grammatical mood
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
See also
- aspect
- tense
Anagrams
- Doom, Odom, doom
Estonian
Etymology
From German Mode.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /m?o?d??/
Noun
mood (genitive moe, partitive moodi)
- fashion
- tradition
- appearance, style
- (partitive) style, variety, sort, type
Declension
See also
- moondama
Manx
Pronoun
mood
- second-person singular of mysh
- about you
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English m?d.
Noun
mood
- Alternative form of mode (“intellect, mood, will, courage, nature”)
Etymology 2
From Old French mode.
Noun
mood
- Alternative form of mode (“grammatical mood”)
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birth
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) enPR: bûth, IPA(key): /b???/, verb also: IPA(key): /b??ð/
- (US) enPR: bûrth, IPA(key): /b??/, verb also: IPA(key): /b?ð/
- Rhymes: -??(?)?
- Homophone: berth
Etymology 1
From Middle English birthe (1250), from earlier burthe, burde, from Old Norse burðr, byrd (Old Swedish byrth, Swedish börd), replacing Old English ?ebyrd (rare variant byrþ), equivalent to bear +? -th (compare also berth). The Old Norse is from Proto-Germanic *burdiz (compare Old Frisian berde, berd); Old English ?ebyrd is from prefixed *gaburþiz (compare Dutch geboorte, German Geburt), from Proto-Indo-European *b?r?tis (compare Latin fors (“luck”), Old Irish brith), from *b?er- (“to carry, bear”). More at bear.
Noun
birth (countable and uncountable, plural births)
- (uncountable) The process of childbearing; the beginning of life.
- (countable) An instance of childbirth.
- (countable) A beginning or start; a point of origin.
- (uncountable) The circumstances of one's background, ancestry, or upbringing.
- That which is born.
- Misspelling of berth.
Antonyms
- (beginning of life): death
Translations
Adjective
birth (not comparable)
- A familial relationship established by childbirth.
- Her birth father left when she was a baby; she was raised by her mother and stepfather.
Synonyms
- biological, blood, consanguineous
Etymology 2
From Middle English birthen, birðen, from the noun (see above).
Verb
birth (third-person singular simple present births, present participle birthing, simple past and past participle birthed)
- (dated or regional) To bear or give birth to (a child).
- (figuratively) To produce, give rise to.
Usage notes
- The term give birth (to) is much more common, especially in literal use.
Related terms
- bear
- born
Translations
Derived terms
References
Albanian
Etymology 1
From birë (“hole”).
Noun
birth m (indefinite plural birthe, definite singular birthi, definite plural birthat)
- pimple, blemish
Related terms
- birë
Etymology 2
Diminutive -th lengthening of bir (“son”).
Noun
birth m (indefinite plural birthe, definite singular birthi, definite plural birthat)
- son, little boy
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