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单词 moodiness
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moodinessn.

Brit. /ˈmuːdɪnᵻs/, U.S. /ˈmudinᵻs/
Forms: Old English modignes, Old English modignis, Old English modigniss, Old English modignys, Old English modignyss, Old English modines, Old English modinys, Old English modygniss, late Old English modnys (probably transmission error), early Middle English modiȝenes, early Middle English modiȝnes, Middle English modinesse, Middle English–1500s modynesse, 1500s moodynesse, 1600s moodinesse, 1800s– moodiness.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: moody adj., -ness suffix.
Etymology: < moody adj. + -ness suffix.
1. Pride; passion; anger. Obsolete.
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 The state or condition of being moody or withdrawn; sullenness; an instance of this.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).
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