[mood] n [ME, fr. OE mod; akin to OHG muot mood] (bef. 12c) 1: a conscious state of mind or predominant emotion: feeling; also: the expression of mood esp. in art or literature
2. archaic: a fit of anger: rage 3 a: a prevailing attitude: disposition b: a receptive state of mind predisposing to action c: a distinctive atmosphere or context: aura
[2]mood n [alter. of [1]mode] (1569) 1: the form of a syllogism as determined by the quantity and quality of its constituent propositions
2: distinction of form or a particular set of inflectional forms of a verb to express whether the action or state it denotes is conceived as fact or in some other manner (as command, possibility, or wish)
3: mode 1b