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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”)
mood From the web:
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peculiarity
English
Etymology
peculiar +? -ity
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /p??kjuli????ti/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /p??kju?li?æ??ti/
- Rhymes: -æ??ti
- Hyphenation: pe?cu?li?ar?i?ty
Noun
peculiarity (countable and uncountable, plural peculiarities)
- The quality or state of being peculiar; individuality; singularity.
- The peculiarity of meeting six people on a usually deserted trail only struck me later on.
- That which is peculiar; a special and distinctive characteristic or habit; particularity.
- 1853, Charlotte Brontë, Villette, Chapter 4:
- I had often heard of Miss Marchmont, and of her peculiarities (she had the character of being very eccentric), but till now had never seen her.
- 1870, Louisa May Alcott, quoted in 2011, Daniel Shealy, Little Women Abroad: The Alcott Sisters' Letters from Europe, 1870-1871
- I thought Alice and H. J. P. would have fainted at the full spectacle; but we are fast getting used to the little peculiarities of foreigners and I trust they will forgive us many sins in return.
- 1873, Specifications and Drawings of Patents Issued from the U.S. Patent Office
- The peculiarity of this invention consists in a means for varying the angle at which the plaiting-blade is held in the plaiter without varying the position of the entire instrument upon the sewing-machine.
- 1853, Charlotte Brontë, Villette, Chapter 4:
- Exclusive possession or right.
Translations
peculiarity From the web:
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- what peculiarity do i have
- peculiarity meaning
- what peculiarity of water
- what does peculiarity mean
- what is peculiarity of nerve cell
- what's jake's peculiarity
- what is peculiarity of life insurance
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