morosity

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noun

The state or quality of being morose.

Similar
moroseness
OriginFrench morosité ← Latin morositas →
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Meanings

nounmorosity (usually uncountable, plural morosities)

plural morosities

  1. uncountableusuallyThe state or quality of being morose.

    Synonyms: moroseness

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe state or quality of being morose.

Similar
moroseness
Also see
moroseness

Origin

  1. Latinmorositas“peevishness”
  2. Frenchmorosité
  3. Englishmorosity

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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Translations

Finnish yrmeys, näreys
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French morosité
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German Gram
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Latin mōrōsitās
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Māori mūmū
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Romanian morocănoșie, morozitate
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Cite this entry
APA

morosity. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/morosity

MLA

“morosity.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/morosity. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “morosity,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/morosity.

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