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morosity

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The state or quality of being morose.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: moroseness

Antonyms: none provided

History

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”).

Across languages

Translations

10 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Finnish: yrmeys — Translations
  • Finnish: näreys — Translations
  • Finnish: äreys — Translations
  • Finnish: nyreys — Translations
  • French: morosité — Translations
  • German: Gram — Translations
  • Latin: mōrōsitās — Translations
  • Māori: mūmū — Translations
  • Romanian: morocănoșie — Translations
  • Romanian: morozitate — Translations