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]

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trash1542

baggage1545

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all my eye1763

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(all) my eye (and) Betty Martin1781

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Barnum1856

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Collyweston1867

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flapdoodle1878

tommyrot1880

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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

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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. E3^v 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

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moodyc1175

to-bollenc1175

wrethfulc1175

wraw?c1225

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irousa1340

wretheda1340

aniredc1350

felonc1374

angryc1380

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jealous1382

crousea1400

grieveda1400

irefula1400

mada1400

teena1400

wraweda1400

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angryc1405

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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.

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).

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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.

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.

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.

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.

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1814 W. Wordsworth Excursion iv. 162 Cleave not so fondly to your moody cell.

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).

单词	moody
释义	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. E3^v 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. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1934adj.OEv.1934
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