Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Sulky; sullen.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective obsolete Moody.
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- adjective obsolete
moody
Etymologies
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Examples
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In the vast majority of cases a person will be happier if he has no rigid and arbitrary notions, for gardens are moodish, particularly with the novice.
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The youngest son of the Governor, Robert, was quite a lad, and therefore to some extent, like all other lads, he was teazing his moodish brother after the most approved fashion, where we will leave him for the present, while we introduce some more of that company to our readers.
The Knights of the Horse-Shoe; A Traditionary Tale of the Cocked Hat Gentry in the Old Dominion. 1845
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He grew moodish and melancholy in the midst of his vast wealth; apprehending the utter extinction of his name, and the intrusion of a stranger on his birthright.
Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 (of 2) John Roby 1821
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