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mod¹ /mɑd/   adj. 

1. very modern in style, etc.
2. Clothing [sometimes: Mod] of or relating to a style of dress of the 1960's, with miniskirts and bell-bottom trousers.

n. [countable]

3. a person who is very modern in style, dress, etc.

-mod-, root. 

1. -mod- comes from Latin, where it has the meaning "manner;
   kind;
   measured amount.'' This meaning is found in such words as: accommodate, commodious, immoderate, immodest, modal, mode, model, modern, modicum, module, mood, outmoded, remodel.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

mod¹  (mod), adj. 

1. very modern;
   up-to-date;
   being in the vanguard in style, dress, etc.
2. Clothing (sometimes cap.) of or pertaining to a style of dress of the 1960s, typified by miniskirts, bell-bottom trousers, boots, and bright colors and patterns.

n. 

3. a person who is in the vanguard in style, dress, etc.
4. Clothing (sometimes cap.) a British teenager of the 1960s who affected a very neat, sophisticated appearance and wore fancy clothing inspired by Edwardian dress.

• shortened form of modern 1955–60

mod²  (mod), n. [Informal.]

1. Informal Terms modification.

• by shortening

Mod, 

1. modal auxiliary.
2. modifier.

mod., 

1. moderate.
2. Music and Dance moderato.
3. modern.