Moody
noun
2.
United States evangelist (1837-1899)
adjective
1.
- “a dark scowl”
- “the proverbially dour New England Puritan”
- “a glum, hopeless shrug”
- “he sat in moody silence”
- “a morose and unsociable manner”
- “a saturnine, almost misanthropic young genius” Bruce Bliven
- “a sour temper”
- “a sullen crowd”
Origin
From Middle English mody, modi, from Old English mōdiġ (“brave”), from Proto-Germanic *mōdagaz (“courageous”). By surface analysis, mood + -y.
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