mody
See also: Mody
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -əʊdi
Adjective
mody (comparative more mody, superlative most mody)
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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)
Anagrams
Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old English mōdiġ, from Proto-Germanic *mōdagaz; equivalent to mode + -y.
Pronunciation
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
References
- “mọ̄di (adj.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-09-23.
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