mody

See also: Mody

English

Etymology

mode +‎ -y

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -əʊdi

Adjective

mody (comparative more mody, superlative most mody)

(dated) modish; fashionable

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for mody in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

domy

Middle English

Alternative forms

(Early ME) modiȝ
modi, modye

Etymology

From Old English mōdiġ, from Proto-Germanic *mōdagaz; equivalent to mode +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmoːdiː/

Adjective

mody (comparative modyere)

Boastful, conceited, arrogant, or vain; displaying pride.
Furious; causing conflict, war, or strife.
Courageous, mighty, glorious; praiseworthy.
(rare) Showing sadness; mournful, upset, crying, dreary.
(rare) Over-the-top, ornamented.

Descendants

English: moody
Scots: muidie

References

“mọ̄di (adj.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-09-23.

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