单词 | moodiness |
释义 | moodinessn.ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > [noun] moodinessOE overmoodOE prideOE proudnessOE moodilaikc1175 wlonknessc1175 wlonkhedea1250 hancenhede1303 stoutness1398 prouda1500 spirit of eminence1595 pridefulnessa1625 stouting1630 starch1859 the mind > emotion > anger > [noun] > state or condition of anger moodinessOE wrethinga1300 wrathfulnessa1382 irefulness1388 wrothiness1422 reveriec1425 angrinessc1450 wrethfulnessc1475 wrothfulness1535 incensement1599 incandescence1656 angerness1835 iracundity1840 uptightness1969 OE Ælfric Catholic Homilies: 1st Ser. (Royal) (1997) i. 180 He [sc. Lucifer] wolde mid modinysse beon betera þonne he gesceapen wæs. OE Ælfric Catholic Homilies: 1st Ser. (Royal) (1997) xxv. 385 Þæt mennisce menn mid eadmodum geearnungum þa heofonlican myrhðe begytað, þe ða heofonlican englas þurh modignysse forluron. c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 4979 Soþ mecnessess mahhte..tredeþþ underr fott All modinesses strengþe. c1275 (?c1250) Owl & Nightingale (Calig.) (1935) 1405 Þe gost..stiȝþ on heþ þurþ modinesse. a1300 Sinners Beware (Jesus Oxf.) 79 in R. Morris Old Eng. Misc. (1872) 74 Prude and modynesse. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 246/1 Modynesse angre, attayne, ire. 1571 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Psalmes of Dauid with Comm. (lv. 16) This wish proceeded not of a trubbled or unadvysed head, or of moodynesse. 1626 J. Florio et al. tr. T. Boccalini New-found Politicke iii. ii. 179 Such was the naturall hatreed of the sheepe towards the Dogs, and the implacable moodinesse which they conceiued to be hurried vp and downe, that [etc.]. 2. The state or condition of being moody or withdrawn; sullenness; an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill humour > [noun] melancholya1393 morosity1534 distemperature1571 distemperance1574 diverseness1574 sullennessa1586 spleen1596 distemper1604 mustinessa1625 canker?1635 distemperedness1649 moroseness1653 tetricalness1653 moodiness1694 dishumour1712 ill humour1748 sulkiness1760 stuff1787 funk1808 sumphishness1830 spleenishness1847 moodishness1857 grouchiness1925 1694 T. D'Urfey Comical Hist. Don Quixote: Pt. 2nd v. ii. 62 Page. Sir, I perceive you..seem to lowre and grumble... Dutch. The Knight was always a person of few words; and as to the Moodiness of his Phiz, 'tis natural to him. 1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison I. xxi. 142 He was very moody and sullen, it seems... Mr. Reeves at last began to rally him on his moodiness. 1822 Countess of Blessington Magic Lantern 60 Each disappointment increases the moodiness of her countenance, and the asperity of the few observations which she makes. 1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia I. i. iii. 40 Whiffs of jealousy..the product of accidental moodinesses in him. 1891 S. J. Weyman Story Francis Cludde x. 166 In the general silence and moodiness I escaped notice. 1916 J. Joyce Portrait of Artist ii. 85 The old restless moodiness had again filled his breast. 1960 C. Day Lewis Buried Day ii. 45 My father's moodiness was still a natural thing to me. 1988 G. Boddy K. Mansfield i. 9 Much of her early writing and letters and personal notes reflect this adolescent moodiness. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.OE |
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