Old English modignes "pride, passion, anger;" see moody + -ness. Meaning "condition of being subject to gloomy spells, peevishness, sullenness" is from 1858.
-mony
moo
mooch
moocher
mood
moodiness
moody
Moog
moolah
moon
moonbeam
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