Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗adj
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryGiven to sudden or frequent changes of mind; temperamental. · Sulky or depressed. · Dour, gloomy or brooding. · Of dubious origin; counterfeit or stolen.
From Middle English mody, modi, from Old English mōdiġ (“brave”), from Proto-Germanic *mōdagaz (“courageous”). By surface analysis, mood + -y.
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