Etymology

morosity

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Today it means: The state or quality of being morose. Full definition →

French morosité ← Latin morositas
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  1. Latin · derived frommorositas“peevishness”
  2. French · derived frommorosité
  3. English todaymorosity

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”).

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