Mood , n. [OE. mood, mod, AS. mōdmind,
feeling, heart, courage; akin to OS. & OFries. mōd, D.
moed, OHG. muot, G. muth,
mut, courage, Dan. &
Sw. mod, Icel. mōðr wrath, Goth. mōds.]
Temper of mind; temporary state of the
mind in regard to passion or feeling; humor; as, a melancholy mood; a suppliant mood.
Till at the last aslaked was his mood.
Chaucer. Fortune is merry,
And in this
mood will give us anything.
Shak.
The desperate recklessness of her mood.
Hawthorne.
Mood (m&oomac;d),
n. [The same word as
mode, perh. influenced by
mood temper. See Mode.]
1. Manner; style; mode; logical form; musical style; manner of action or being. See Mode which is the preferable form).
2. (Gram.) Manner of conceiving and expressing action or being, as positive, possible,
hypothetical, etc., without regard to other accidents, such as time, person, number, etc.; as, the indicative mood; the infinitive mood; the subjunctive mood. Same as Mode.
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