overmoody
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English overmodi, ofermodiȝ, from Old English ofermōdiġ (“haughty, proud, arrogant”), from ofermōd (“arrogance, pride”) + -iġ. Equivalent to over- + mood + -y.
Adjective
overmoody (comparative more overmoody, superlative most overmoody)
- (rare or archaic) proud or haughty
- 1890, original c. 1674, John Milton, James Thorpe, The Poetical Works of John Milton:
- Then spake the overmoody King, that erst was brightest of angels, […]
- 1914, Munsey's Magazine, volume 50, page 818:
- "Whenever you get lonely over there by yourself and find that Hamlet isn't as lively a companion as you want, or that Alexander the Great is a little too fond of himself, or Napoleon is overmoody, come over here, and we'll try to cheer each other up."
Etymology 2
From over- + moody.
Adjective
overmoody (comparative more overmoody, superlative most overmoody)
- excessively moody
- 1986, Clarence J. Karier, Scientists of the Mind:
- 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 […]