modinesse
Middle English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Old English mōdiġnes; equivalent to mody + -nesse.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editmodinesse (uncountable) (Early Middle English)
- boastfulness, conceitedness, arrogance
Descendants
edit- English: moodiness (possibly formed anew)
References
edit- “mọ̄dīnes(se, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-09-23.