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▪ I. moody, a.|ˈmuːdɪ|
Forms: 1 módiᵹ, -eᵹ, 2–3 modiȝ, 1–5 modi, 3–6 mody, 4 modey, Sc. mwdy, 4–5 mode, 4, 6 Sc. mudy, 5 modee, 6 modye, 6–7 (8 Sc.) moodie, (7 muddy), 8 Sc. mudie, 6– moody.
[OE. módiᵹ = OS. môdag, -ig (MDu. moedich, Du. moedig), OHG. *muotag implied in muotigî courage (MHG. muotec, -ig, mod.G. mutig), ON. móðug-r (Sw., Da. modig), Goth. môdag-s angry:—OTeut. mōdago-, f. *mōdo- mood n.1]
†1. Brave, bold, proud, high-spirited. (Often applied vaguely as an epithet of praise.) Obs.
Beowulf 1812 Þæt wæs modiᵹ secg. c1205Lay. 23698 Muche cniht & strong mon and modi on heorten. a1250Owl & Night. 500 Þu art wel modi & wel breme. 1375Barbour Bruce ix. 659 Thretten Castellis with strynth he wan, And ourcom mony a mody man. a1400–50Alexander 215 Þe mode kynge of Messedone. Ibid. 3327 Þe mody men of Messedone. 1606W. Birnie Kirk-Buriall xvii. (1833) E 3 b, Πολυάνδριον, sometyme the name of Gehenna, for the boulkes of many muddy men that fell in that greene. 1755Capt. Car xxvii. in Child Ballads III. 434/2 But mony were the mudie men Lay gasping on the grien.
†2. Proud, haughty, arrogant; headstrong, stubborn, wilful, obstinate. Obs.
c1000ælfric Deut. xxi. 18 ᵹif æniᵹ man hæbbe modiᵹne sunu and rancne [Vulg. filium contumacem et protervum]. a1100Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 316/17 Superbus, modiᵹ. c1200Ormin 9613 Forr Drihhtin hateþþ modiȝ mann, & lufeþþ alle meoke. Ibid. 11852 To ȝeornenn affterr laferrddom & affterr modiȝ wikenn. a1225Leg. Kath. 418 Ȝef ha þeos modi motild [L. hanc contionatricem temerariam] ouercumen mahten. 1362Langl. P. Pl. A. x. 212 And so comeþ Dobest aboute and bringeþ a-doun Modi, And þat is wikkede wil. c1460Towneley Myst. xxiii. 86 Yee, for as modee as he can loke, he wold haue turnyd an othere croke Myght he haue had the rake.
†3. Angry, given to anger, wrathful. Obs.
c1200Ormin 8263 Forr þatt he wass modiȝ mann & grimme wiþþ his leode. c1250Gen. & Ex. 2712 A modi stiward he ðor fond, Betende a man wid hise wond. 13..Guy Warw. (A.) 906 Þe douke Reyner seye þat cas Of Sessoine: wel modi [Caius MS. full angry] he was. c1440Promp. Parv. 341/1 Mody or angry. 1544Bale Brief Chron. Cobham B vij, In his modye madnesse without iust profe ded he openlye excommunicate him. 1567Golding Ovid's Met. vi. 43 Hir countnance did bewray Hir moodie minde [orig. confessaque vultibus iram]. 1589Warner Alb. Eng. vi. xxxiii. (1612) 162 When, like a Lion thirsting bloud, did moodie Richard range. 1608Sylvester Du Bartas ii. iv. iv. Decay 1190 O ragefull Tyrants! moody Monsters, see, See here my Case. 1649Milton Eikon. 240 There be a sort of moodie, hot-brain'd, and alwayes unedify'd consciences. 1697Dryden æneid xii. 1233 Angry Jove..the moody sire.
4. Subject to, or indulging in, moods of ill-humour, depression, or the like; ill-humoured, gloomy, sullen, melancholy.
1593Shakes. Lucr. 553 And moodie Pluto winks while Orpheus playes. 1632Sherwood, Moodie, morne, triste. 1658Witty Apophth. 147 A young maid having married an old man, was observed on the day of marriage to be somewhat moody. 1681Dryden Abs. & Achit. 45 The Iews, a headstrong, moody, murmuring race. 1805Wordsw. Waggoner iv. 134 It rather hath Stirred him up to livelier wrath; Which he stifles, moody man! With all the patience that he can. 1815Byron Hebrew Mel. x. ii, Those smiles unto the moodiest mind Their own pure joy impart. 1846Trench Mirac. xx. (1862) 327 Her sickness..had brought her into a moody melancholic state. 1887T. Hardy Woodlanders I. iv. 64 Even among the moodiest, the tendency to be cheered is stronger than the tendency to be cast down.
b. Applied to humour, thought, action, etc.
1593Shakes. Lucr. 1602 Unmaske deare deare, this moodie heauinesse. a1649Drummond of Hawthornden Poems (1656) 178 Those Soules which vices moody Mists most blind. 1742Gray Eton Coll. 79 Moody Madness laughing wild. 1785Burke Sp. Nabob of Arcot's Debts Wks. IV. 215 It may be said that this letter was written by the nabob of Arcot in a moody humour, under the influence of some chagrin. 1829Hood Eugene Aram 38 Then leaping on his feet upright Some moody turns he took. 1850Prescott Peru II. 48 The cavaliers rode back to Caxamalca, with many moody speculations on what they had seen.
c. Expressive of moodiness or ill-humour.
1596Shakes. 1 Hen. IV, i. iii. 19 Maiestie might neuer yet endure The moody Frontier of a seruant brow. 1800Coleridge Death of Wallenstein iii. vii, What! meet such news with such a moody face? 1814Wordsw. Excursion iv. 482 Cleave not so fondly to your moody cell. 1820Byron Mar. Fal. i. ii, A moody brow and mutter'd threats.
Hence modiȝleȝȝc (Orm.) [see -laik], pride.
c1200Ormin 73 Acc þurrh þatt laþe modiȝleȝȝc Þatt comm all off hemm sellfenn. Ibid. 2633 Ne toc ȝho þohh nan modiȝleȝȝc Off hire miccle sellþe.
Add:5. Criminals' slang. False, counterfeit.
1958F. Norman Bang to Rights iii. 74 One day they had a moody ruck and made out that they had a punch up. 1978N. J. Crisp London Deal v. 92 ‘I don't have to tell you,’ Kenyon went on, ‘how easy it is to plant moody information about a copper.’ 1984'D. Raymond' Devil's Home xx. 91 Those two specialized in..running moody companies. Those companies were nothing but expensive notepaper and a kosher letterhead.
▪ II. moody, n. slang.|ˈmuːdɪ|
[f. the adj.]
A persuasive and insidious approach adopted in order to gain confidence; any flattery or lies intended to suggest compliance. Hence, nonsense, twaddle, ‘rubbish’, esp. in phr. (a lot of) old moody. Also as v., to bluff or deceive by means of flattery, etc.
1934P. Allingham Cheapjack xii. 148 ‘Moody’ meant a bit of humbug. It is a very common word among the grafters. They would say, ‘We'd better moody the landlady a bit,’ when they meant that they would pay her a few compliments; and when they did not believe something you were saying they would tell you to ‘cut out the moody’. 1958F. Norman Bang to Rights i. 37 ‘I don't think that you are as bad as you are painted, I would like you if you would to tell me a little about yourself.’ This aproch [sic] is known as the old moody. 1960News Chron. 16 Feb. 6 You trying to give me the old moody? 1962R. Cook Crust on its Uppers i. 21 Trying to moody through to the royal enclosure on the knock. 1966A. Prior Operators x. 142 Emmie was always giving me a lot of old moody about you having some money stashed. 1970R. Busby Frighteners x. 93 The same old moody he'd heard a thousand times before.
Add:2. A moody temper or period, a fit of moodiness. Freq. as the moodies, the sulks. Also in phr. to pull the moody, to sulk.
1969Fabian & Byrne Groupie (1970) x. 73, I was sure he was going to drop me,..leaving me all stranded..while he went through a long withdrawn moody on me. 1983Observer 30 Jan. 7/1, I can't stand people having the moodies. 1986T. Barling Smoke xii. 246, I gave you Allie, so lay off the moodies. 1986L. Cody Under Contract xx. 75, I don't care what moody the stupid cow pulls. 1989Q Mar. 25/4 He pulls the odd moody.
▪ III. moody
variant of moudie (mole). |