Mood

[Fr. mode, Pr. modi, Sp. & It. modo, Lat. modus. See MODE.] Manner; style; mode; logical form; musical style; grammatical form; manner of action or being. See MODE, the more proper word.

[A-S., O. Sax., & O. Fries. mōd, mind, disposition, mood, passion, Goth. mōds, Dan. & Sw. mod, Icel. mōðr, D. moed, O. H. Ger. muot, N. H. Ger. muth.] 1. Temper of mind; temporary state of the mind in regard to passion or feeling; humor; disposition; as, a melancholy mood; an angry mood; a suppliant mood. With pity calmed, down fell his angry mood. Spenser. She was in fittest mood For cutting corns or letting blood. Hudibras. 2. Anger; heat of temper. Hooker. ☞ In this sense little used, unless qualified by an adjective.