Overmoody

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Proud or haughty. archaic, rare

    "Then spake the overmoody King, that erst was brightest of angels, […]"

  2. 2
    Excessively moody.

    "Until we truly comprehend the fundamental differences in psychic mechanisms between the jolly, outgoing, sociable child and the acutely reticent, overmoody one, we can't help them educationally to fulfill their own potentialities or […]"

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"Then spake the overmoody King, that erst was brightest of angels, […]"

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English overmodi, ofermodiȝ, from Old English ofermōdiġ (“haughty, proud, arrogant”), from ofermōd (“arrogance, pride”) + -iġ. Equivalent to over- + mood + -y.

Etymology 2

From over- + moody.

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