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moodyn.

Brit. /ˈmuːdi/, U.S. /ˈmudi/
Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: moody adj.
Etymology: Origin uncertain; perhaps < moody adj. Compare moody v.
British slang.
1. Originally Criminals' slang. An insidious approach adopted in order to gain a person's confidence; flattery or lies intended to persuade or elicit compliance; (hence) nonsense, rubbish. Esp. in (a lot of) old moody.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > absence of meaning > nonsense, rubbish > [noun]
magged talea1387
moonshine1468
trumperyc1485
foolishness1531
trash1542
baggage1545
flim-flam1570
gear1570
rubbisha1576
fiddle-faddle1577
stuff1579
fible-fable1581
balductum1593
pill1608
nonsense1612
skimble-skamble1619
porridge1642
mataeology1656
fiddle-come-faddle1663
apple sauce1672
balderdash1674
flummery1749
slang1762
all my eye1763
diddle-daddle1778
(all) my eye (and) Betty Martin1781
twaddle1782
blancmange1790
fudge1791
twiddle-twaddle1798
bothering1803
fee-faw-fum1811
slip-slop1811
nash-gab1816
flitter-tripe1822
effutiation1823
bladderdash1826
ráiméis1828
fiddlededee1843
pickles1846
rot1846
kelter1847
bosh1850
flummadiddle1850
poppycock1852
Barnum1856
fribble-frabble1859
kibosh1860
skittle1864
cod1866
Collyweston1867
punk1869
slush1869
stupidness1873
bilge-water1878
flapdoodle1878
tommyrot1880
ruck1882
piffle1884
flamdoodle1888
razzmatazz1888
balls1889
pop1890
narrischkeit1892
tosh1892
footle1894
tripe1895
crap1898
bunk1900
junk1906
quatsch1907
bilge1908
B.S.1912
bellywash1913
jazz1913
wash1913
bullshit?1915
kid-stakes1916
hokum1917
bollock1919
bullsh1919
bushwa1920
noise1920
bish-bosh1922
malarkey1923
posh1923
hooey1924
shit1924
heifer dust1927
madam1927
baloney1928
horse feathers1928
phonus-bolonus1929
rhubarb1929
spinach1929
toffeea1930
tomtit1930
hockey1931
phoney baloney1933
moody1934
cockalorum1936
cock1937
mess1937
waffle1937
berley1941
bull dust1943
crud1943
globaloney1943
hubba-hubba1944
pish1944
phooey1946
asswipe1947
chickenshit1947
slag1948
batshit1950
goop1950
slop1952
cack1954
doo-doo1954
cobbler1955
horse shit1955
nyamps1955
pony1956
horse manure1957
waffling1958
bird shit1959
codswallop1959
how's your father1959
dog shit1963
cods1965
shmegegge1968
pucky1970
taradiddle1970
mouthwash1971
wank1974
gobshite1977
mince1985
toss1990
arse1993
1934 P. Allingham Cheapjack xii. 148 ‘Moody’ meant a bit of humbug. It is a very common word among the grafters... When they did not believe something you were saying they would tell you to ‘cut out the moody’.
1958 F. 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.
1966 A. Prior Operators x. 142 Emmie was always giving me a lot of old moody about you having some money stashed.
1975 P. G. Winslow Death of Angel viii. 175 He'd been talking big... All a lot of moody.
1997 Photon Apr. 29 The good news was the fees were per shot, none of this per day moody.
2. A fit of moodiness or sullenness; a sulk, a bad mood. Esp. in to have (also pull, throw, etc.) a moody. Also in plural, with the.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill humour > be ill-humoured [verb (intransitive)]
to have pissed on a nettle1546
mumpc1610
to sell souse1611
sullena1652
sumpha1689
frump1693
hatch1694
sunk1724
mug?c1730
purt1746
sulk1781
to get up or out of bed (on) the wrong side1801
strum1804
boody1857
sull1869
grump1875
to hump the back1889
to have (also pull, throw, etc.) a moody1969
the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill humour > [noun] > fit of
gloominga1400
terret1515
momurdotesc1540
the sullens1580
pirr1581
pet1590
snuff1592
mulligrubs1599
mumps1599
geea1605
mood1609
miff1623
tetch1623
frumps1671
strunt1721
hump1727
tiff1727
tift1751
huff1757
tig1773
tout1787
sulk1792
twita1825
fantigue1825
fuff1834
grumps1844
spell1856
the grumbles1861
grouch1895
snit1939
mardy1968
moody1969
strop1970
sull1972
cream puff1985
mard1998
1969 J. Fabian & J. 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.
1982 J. Sullivan Only Fools & Horses (1999) I. 2nd Ser. Episode 8. 124 Now even the butler's having a moody.
1986 T. Barling Smoke xii. 246 I gave you Ollie, so lay off the moodies.
1989 Q Mar. 25/4 He pulls the odd moody.
1997 J. Wilson Lottie Project (1998) 163 ‘I can't stick it when you throw a moody like this,’ said Angela. ‘You think you can treat us like dirt.’
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

moodyadj.

Brit. /ˈmuːdi/, U.S. /ˈmudi/
Forms: Old English modeg, Old English modig, Old English–Middle English modi, early Middle English modgeste (superlative), early Middle English modiȝ, Middle English mode, Middle English modee, Middle English modey, Middle English–1500s modie, Middle English–1500s mody, 1500s modye, 1500s–1600s moodie, 1500s– moody; Scottish pre-1700 mody, pre-1700 muddy, pre-1700 mudy, pre-1700 mwdy, 1700s moodie, 1700s mudie, 1700s– moody.
Origin: A word inherited from Germanic.
Etymology: Cognate with Middle Dutch moedich , muedich (Dutch moedig ), Old Saxon mōdag , mōdeg , mōdig (Middle Low German mōdich ), Old High German -muotī (in compounds; compare also muotigī courage; Middle High German muotec , muotic , German mutig ), Old Icelandic móðugr , Old Swedish modhogher (Swedish modig ), Danish modig , Gothic modags < the Germanic base of mood n.1 + the Germanic base of -y suffix1.With sense 6, compare earlier moody n., moody v.
†1. Brave, bold, high-spirited, passionate. (Frequently as a non-specific term of approbation.) Scottish in later use. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > decision > obstinacy or stubbornness > [adjective]
starkOE
moodyOE
stithc1000
stidyc1175
stallc1275
harda1382
stubbornc1386
obstinate?1387
throa1400
hard nolleda1425
obstinant?a1425
pertinacec1425
stablec1440
dour1488
unresigned1497
difficultc1503
hard-necked1530
pertinatec1534
obstacle1535
stout-stomached1549
hard-faced1567
stunt1581
hard-headed1583
pertinacious1583
stuntly1583
peremptory1589
stomachous1590
mulish1600
stomachful1600
obstined1606
restive1633
obstinacious1649
opinionated1649
tenacious1656
iron-sided1659
sturdy1664
cat-witted1672
obstinated1672
unyielding1677
ruggish1688
bullet-headed1699
tough1780
pelsy1785
stupid1788
hard-set1818
thick and thin1822
stuntya1825
rigwiddie1826
indomitable1830
recalcitrant1830
set1848
mule-headed1870
muley1871
capitose1881
hard-nosed1917
tight1928
the mind > emotion > courage > spirit > high-spiritedness > [adjective]
moodyOE
fierce1297
jollyc1330
fieryc1430
high-stomached1546
stout-stomached1549
hearteda1552
generous1581
high-spirited1588
high-hearteda1625
high-mettleda1626
high1649
fire-souled1823
gingery1823
stomachy1896
OE Beowulf 1812 Þæt wæs modig secg.
c1275 (?c1250) Owl & Nightingale (Calig.) (1935) 500 Þu art wel modi & wel breme.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 11826 Wes Frolle to fihte swide kene. muche cniht & strong mon and modi on heorten.
?c1350 Ballad Sc. Wars l. 77 in A. Brandl & O. Zippel Mitteleng. Sprach- u. Literaturproben (1917) 138 A mody barn, that was ful bald.
c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) 215 Þe mode kynge of Messedone.
c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) 3327 Þe mody men of Messedone.
1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) ix. 659 Thretten Castellis with strynth he wan, And ourcom mony a mody man.
a1500 (c1350) Octovian (Cambr.) (1986) l. 771 Octauyon, the emperour of Rome, To Parys sone he come, Wyth many a mody knyght.
a1576 L. Nowell Vocabularium Saxonicum (1952) 127/1 Modiȝ, stout, couragiouse. Lanc., moodie.
1606 W. Birnie Blame of Kirk-buriall xvii. sig. E3v Πολυάνδριον (sometyme the name of Gehenna, for the boulkes of many muddy men that fell in that greene).
1755 Capt. Car xxvii, in F. J. Child Eng. & Sc. Pop. Ballads (1889) III. vi. 434/2 But mony were the mudie men Lay gasping on the grien.
†2. Proud, haughty, arrogant; headstrong, wilful, obstinate. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pride > arrogance > [adjective]
wlonkOE
moodyOE
rankOE
surquidous1377
insolentc1386
wantona1393
arrogantc1405
angardc1425
surquidrousc1430
stately1448
imperiala1456
superbious1509
succudrous1513
surquidant1528
ruffling1543
controlling1564
lustya1568
cocking1568
superbous1581
bog1592
swaggering1596
superarrogant1598
arrogating1601
pyrgopolinizing1605
high-handed1606
outbearing1607
high-horsed1613
dictatory1639
bardish1641
self-assuming1647
superbient1647
huffy1680
dictatorial1692
huffish1755
cobby1785
high-riding1831
braggadocious1853
snouty1858
you-be-damned1887
OE Old Eng. Hexateuch: Deut. (Claud.) xxi. 18 Gyf ænig man hæbbe modigne sunu and rancne [L. filium contumacem et proteruum].
c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 9613 Forr drihhtin hateþþ modiȝ mann & lufeþþ alle meke.
c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 11852 To ȝeornenn affterr laferrd dom. & affterr modiȝ wikenn.
c1225 ( Ælfric Gloss. (Worcester) in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 542 Superbus, modi.
c1225 (?c1200) St. Katherine (1973) 417 Ȝef ha þeos modi [L. temerariam] motild ouercumen mahten.
a1300 Passion our Lord 74 in R. Morris Old Eng. Misc. (1872) 39 (MED) Þo he com to þe temple..He vunde þer-ynne chepmen þet were mody; Þeyh hi were prute, he heom vt drof.
c1350 How Good Wife taught her Daughter (Emmanuel) (1948) 85 (MED) Be nout to modi, no to enuious.
c1400 (a1376) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Trin. Cambr. R.3.14) (1960) A. x. 217 So comiþ dobest aboute, and bringeþ doun mody [c1400 B text þe mody], And þat is wykkide wil þat many werk shendiþ.
a1500 (?c1400) Song of Roland (1880) 505 (MED) Amaris..cryethe vpon mauhoun with mody steuyn: curse hym, crist, that sittis in heuyn.
†3. Angry; given to anger; wrathful. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > anger > [adjective]
irrec825
gramec893
wemodc897
wrothc950
bolghenc1000
gramelyc1000
hotOE
on fireOE
brathc1175
moodyc1175
to-bollenc1175
wrethfulc1175
wraw?c1225
agrameda1300
wrathfula1300
agremedc1300
hastivec1300
irousa1340
wretheda1340
aniredc1350
felonc1374
angryc1380
upreareda1382
jealous1382
crousea1400
grieveda1400
irefula1400
mada1400
teena1400
wraweda1400
wretthy14..
angryc1405
errevousa1420
wrothy1422
angereda1425
passionatec1425
fumous1430
tangylc1440
heavy1452
fire angry1490
wrothsomea1529
angerful?1533
wrothful?1534
wrath1535
provoked1538
warm1547
vibrant1575
chauffe1582
fuming1582
enfeloned1596
incensed1597
choleric1598
inflameda1600
raiseda1600
exasperate1601
angried1609
exasperated1611
dispassionate1635
bristlinga1639
peltish1648
sultry1671
on (also upon) the high ropes (also rope)1672
nangry1681
ugly1687
sorea1694
glimflashy1699
enraged1732
spunky1809
cholerous1822
kwaai1827
wrathy1828
angersome1834
outraged1836
irate1838
vex1843
raring1845
waxy1853
stiff1856
scotty1867
bristly1872
hot under the collar1879
black angry1894
spitfire1894
passionful1901
ignorant1913
hairy1914
snaky1919
steamed1923
uptight1934
broigus1937
lemony1941
ripped1941
pissed1943
crooked1945
teed off1955
ticked off1959
ripe1966
torqued1967
bummed1970
c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 8245 Augustuss..flemmde himm ut forrþi þatt he. Wass ifell mann wiþþ alle. & modiȝ mann att oferrdon. & grimme wiþþ þe leode.
a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 2712 A modi stiward he ðor fond, Betende a man wid hise wond.
c1330 (?c1300) Guy of Warwick (Auch.) 906 Wel modi [c1475 Caius full angry] he was.
Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 341 (MED) Mody or angry.
1544 J. Bale Brief Chron. Cobham sig. Bvij In his modye madnesse without iust profe ded he openlye excommunicate him.
1567 A. Golding tr. Ovid Metamorphosis (new ed.) vi. f. 68 Hir countnance did bewray Hir moodie minde [L. confessaque vultibus iram].
1589 W. Warner Albions Eng. (new ed.) vi. xxxiii. 145 When like a Lion thirsting bloud did moodie Richard range.
1608 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) ii. iv. 146 O ragefull Tyrants! moodie Monsters, see, See heer my Case.
1649 J. Milton Εικονοκλαστης xxviii. 240 There be a sort of moodie, hot-brain'd, and alwayes unedify'd consciences.
1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis xii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 615 Angry Jove..the moody Sire.
4.
a. Indulging in moods of ill humour or depression; melancholy, gloomy; (now chiefly) given to unpredictable changes of mood, esp. sudden spells of gloominess or irritable sullenness. Formerly also: †sorrowful, distressed (obsolete).
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill humour > [adjective]
moodyc1300
distemprec1374
melancholiana1393
solein1399
darkc1440
gloomingc1440
girning1447
melancholyc1450
tetrical1528
tetric1533
distemperate1548
morose1565
sullen1570
stunt1581
humorous1590
gloomya1593
muddy1592
clum1599
dortya1605
humoursome1607
distempereda1616
musty1620
grum1640
agelastic1666
fusty1668
purdy1668
ill-humoured1693
gurly1721
mumpish1721
sunking1724
tetricous1727
sumphish1728
stunkard1737
sulky1744
muggard1746
farouche1765
sombrea1767
glumpy1780
glumpish1800
tiffy1810
splenitive1815
stuffy1825
liverish1828
troglodytish1866
glummy1884
humpy1889
scowly1951
c1300 (?c1225) King Horn (Cambr.) (1901) 704 (MED) Aylmar aȝen gan turne, Wel Modi and wel Murne.
c1300 (?c1225) King Horn (Laud) (1901) 737 (MED) Horn cam in to stable, Wel modi for þe fable.
1594 W. Shakespeare Lucrece sig. E2 And moodie Plvto winks while Orpheus playes. View more context for this quotation
1632 R. Sherwood Dict. in R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues (new ed.) Moodie, morne, triste.
1658 Witty Apophthegms 147 A young maid having married an old man, was observed on the day of marriage to be somewhat moody.
1681 J. Dryden Absalom & Achitophel 2 The Jews, a Headstrong, Moody, Murmuring race.
1713 J. Smith tr. G. Chaucer in Poems upon Several Occasions 327 She fear'd some Accident befel The moody Scholar, or he was not well.
1805 W. Wordsworth Waggoner iv. 134 It rather hath Stirred him up to livelier wrath; Which he stifles, moody man! With all the patience that he can.
1815 Ld. Byron I saw thee Weep ii, in Hebrew Melodies 20 Those smiles unto the moodiest mind Their own pure joy impart.
1887 T. Hardy Woodlanders I. iv. 64 Even among the moodiest, the tendency to be cheered is stronger than the tendency to be cast down.
1937 R. K. Narayan Bachelor of Arts xiii. 191 What is the matter, Chandran, you are suddenly moody?
1976 D. Francis In Frame viii. 116 He was a moody lover, quick to arousal and easily put off.
1985 J. Berman Talking Cure i. 2 The relief she experienced..lasted only a couple of days, after which she would once again grow moody and irritable.
b. Marked, characterized, or prompted by sullenness or ill humour.
ΚΠ
a1450 Castle Perseverance (1969) l. 1464 Þerfore, man, in mody monys..Schryue þe now.
1582 R. Mulcaster 1st Pt. Elementarie xiv. 83 This title tho it seme by the inscription to pretend som offence, yet is it nothing moodie at all.
1594 W. Shakespeare Lucrece sig. L3 Vnmaske deare deare, this moodie heauinesse. View more context for this quotation
a1649 W. Drummond Poems (1656) 178 Those Soules which vices moody Mists most blind.
1747 T. Gray Ode Eton Coll. 7 Moody Madness laughing wild.
1785 E. Burke Speech Nabob Arcot's Debts in Wks. (1815) 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.
1829 T. Hood Dream Eugene Aram in Gem 1 110 Then leaping on his feet upright, Some moody turns he took.
1847 W. H. Prescott Hist. Conquest Peru I. iii. iv. 400 The cavaliers rode back to Caxamalca, with many moody speculations on what they had seen.
1916 J. Joyce Portrait of Artist ii. 95 The infection of the excitement and youth about him entered into and transformed his moody mistrustfulness.
1987 M. Flanagan Trust xxv. 233 Clover sipped her tea in moody silence.
c. Of a person's features: clouded by moods of ill humour; brooding and changeable.
ΚΠ
1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 i. iii. 18 Maiestie might neuer yet endure The moodie frontier of a seruant browe. View more context for this quotation
1800 S. T. Coleridge tr. F. Schiller Death Wallenstein iii. vii. 88 What! meet such news with such a moody face?
1821 Ld. Byron Marino Faliero (2nd issue) i. ii. 31 A moody brow and mutter'd threats.
1840 F. Marryat Poor Jack vii. 37 She..put the palm of her hand up to her forehead, and then a smile gleamed over her moody features.
1917 E. Wharton Summer x. 143 Harney looked at her and a smile crept into his moody eyes.
1991 H. Brodkey Runaway Soul 673 Her face is tethered to her neck, to being shrewd and moody.
5. That induces or evokes a particular mood or atmosphere, esp. one of brooding melancholy.
ΚΠ
1814 W. Wordsworth Excursion iv. 162 Cleave not so fondly to your moody cell. View more context for this quotation
1840 R. Browning Sordello i. 408 Moody music augural of woe.
1882 E. Pfeiffer Under Aspens 73 The life we live is that our Chaucer sung; To moodier music may all harps be strung.
1909 L. M. Montgomery Anne of Avonlea xxx. 361 Miss Lavendar's garden..lay dim and windless; and the sky over the firs was dark with moody clouds.
1943 National Geographic Mag. (Advertising Insert) 8 The Oboe is a strange, shy instrument in the orchestra, lending a distinctive ‘flavor’ to fine music with its peculiar moody note.
1992 Locus June 58/2 The climactic scene lacks the power of the moody cityscapes that preceded it.
6. British Criminals' slang. False, counterfeit.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > forgery, falsification > [adjective]
counterfeitedc1385
counterfeitc1386
trothlessa1393
bastard1397
forged1484
apocryphate1486
adulterate?a1509
mockisha1513
sophisticate1531
adulterine1542
adulterous1547
mock1548
forbate1558
coined1582
firking1594
feigned1598
adulterated1610
apocryphal1612
spurious1615
usurpeda1616
impostured1619
mock-madea1625
suppository1641
affictitious1656
pasteboard1659
sophisticated1673
flam1678
Brummagem1679
sham1681
belieda1718
fictitious1739
Birmingham1785
pinchbeck1790
brummish1803
Brum1805
flash1812
spurious1830
bogus1839
imitative1839
dummy1846
doctored1853
postiche1854
pseudo1854
Brummagemish1855
snide1859
inauthentic1860
fake1879
bum1884
Brummie1886
tin1886
filled1887
duff1889
faked1890
shicec1890
margarine1891
dud1904
Potemkin village1904
mocked-up1919
phoney baloney1936
four-flushing1942
bodgie1956
moody1958
disauthentic1960
bodgied1988
bodgied-up1988
1958 F. Norman Bang to Rights iii. 74 One day they had a moody ruck and made out that they had a punch up.
1978 N. 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.’
1990 Independent 28 Apr. 31/5 [Stolen cars] end up for sale in places such as Torremolinos and Benidorm. So do..purloined or ‘moody’ British passports, as they are called in the trade.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

moodyv.

Brit. /ˈmuːdi/, U.S. /ˈmudi/
Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: moody n.
Etymology: < moody n. (compare sense 1 at that entry).
slang. rare.
transitive. To deceive by means of flattery, bluff, etc. Also intransitive: to proceed by so doing.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > deception by illusion, delusion > speech intended to deceive > proceed by flattery [verb (intransitive)]
moody1934
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > deception by illusion, delusion > speech intended to deceive > beguile, cajole [verb (transitive)]
bicharrea1100
fodea1375
begoc1380
inveiglea1513
to hold in halsc1560
to get within ——1572
cajole1645
to cajole with1665
butter1725
veigle1745
flummer1764
to get round ——1780
to come round ——1784
to get around ——1803
flatter-blind1818
salve1825
to come about1829
round1854
canoodle1864
moody1934
fanny1938
cosy1939
mamaguy1939
snow1943
snow-job1962
1934 P. Allingham Cheapjack xii. 148 ‘Moody’..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.
1962 R. Cook Crust on its Uppers i. 21 Trying to moody through to the royal enclosure on the knock.
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