Meanings
nounconjunctive mood (plural conjunctive moods)
plural conjunctive moods
- grammarThe subjunctive mood.
From the notion of uncertainty and doubt being a prevailing one in the conjunctive mood, has arisen in most languages its use in giving an opinion; as 'I should say,' &c.
1868, Edward Thring, On the Principles of Grammar, page 66
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