morosity

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morosity

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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 morosities

uncountable, usually The state or quality of being morose.
Similar: moroseness

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Français	morosité
Deutsch	Gram
Română	morocănoșie, morozitate

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@misc{morosity_2026,
  title = {morosity},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/morosity},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}