mood

2. (Gram.) Manner of conceiving and expressing action or being, as positive, possible, conditional, hypothetical,
obligatory, imperitive, etc., without regard to other
accidents, such as time, person, number, etc.; as, the
indicative mood; the imperitive mood; the infinitive mood;
the subjunctive mood. Same as {Mode}.
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Mood Mood, n. mood, mod, AS. m[=odmind, feeling, heart, courage; akin to OS. & OFries. m[=o]d, D. moed, OHG. muot, G.
muth, mut, courage, Dan. & Sw. mod, Icel. m[=o][eth]r wrath,
Goth. m[=o]ds.]
Temper of mind; temporary state of the mind in regard to
passion or feeling; humor; as, a melancholy mood; a suppliant
mood.
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Till at the last aslaked was his mood. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]

Fortune is merry, And in this mood will give us anything. --Shak.
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The desperate recklessness of her mood. --Hawthorne. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English