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moody (iou) and peritus (iou)


moody (iou)



moody adjective & noun. ['mu:di]

A. adjective.
Brave, bold, high-spirited. OE-M18.
Proud, haughty; stubborn, wilful. OE-LME.
Angry, given to anger. ME-L17.
Subject to or indulging in moods of bad temper, depression, etc.; sullen, melancholy. L16.
T. Sharpe The Fellows dined in moody silence. D. DeLillo The boy is fourteen, often evasive and moody.
Counterfeit, false; risky. slang. M20.
b. noun.
Bluff; nonsense, rubbish. Chiefly in old moody, a lot of old moody. colloq. M20.
R. Busby The same old moody he'd heard a thousand times before.
A bad mood; in pl., a fit of depression, low spirits. colloq. M20.
Observer I can't stand people having the moodies.
moodily adverb OE.
moodiness noun OE.

peritus (iou)



peritus noun. . M20.
[Latin, rel. to expertus EXPERT adjective.]
Christian Church. An expert in theology, a theologian.