1. n.1 a state of mind or feeling.
2 (in pl.) fits of melancholy or bad temper.
3 (attrib.) inducing a particular mood (mood music).
Phrases and idioms:
in the (or no) mood (foll. by for, or to + infin.) inclined (or disinclined) (was in no mood to agree).
Etymology: OE mod mind, thought, f. Gmc 2. n.1 Gram. a a form or set of forms of a verb serving to indicate whether it is to express fact, command, wish, etc. (subjunctive mood). b the distinction of meaning expressed by different moods.
2 Logic any of the classes into which each of the figures of a valid categorical syllogism is subdivided.
Etymology: var. of MODE, assoc. with MOOD(1)