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mood1 noun 1 a state of mind at a particular time • See what sort of mood he's in before you ask him. 2 (especially the mood) a suitable or necessary state of mind • not in the mood for dancing. 3 a temporary grumpy state of mind • Now he's gone off in a mood. 4 an atmosphere • The mood in the factory is tense.
ETYMOLOGY: Anglo-Saxon mod in obsolete sense 'mind' or 'feeling'.
mood2 noun 1 grammar each of several forms of a verb, indicating whether the verb is expressing a fact (see indicative), a wish, possibility or doubt (see subjunctive) or a command (see imperative). 2 logic the form of the syllogism as determined by the quantity and quality of its three constituent propositions.
ETYMOLOGY: 16c: originally a variant of mode.
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