morosity

English

Etymology

From French morosité, from Latin morositas (“peevishness”), from morosus (“particular, scrupulous, fastidious, self-willed, wayward, capricious, fretful, peevish”), from mos (“way, custom, habit, self-will”).

Noun

morosity (usually uncountable, plural morosities)

  1. The quality or state of being morose.

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Further reading

  • morosity in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
  • morosity in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
  • morosity at OneLook Dictionary Search
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