morose
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin morosus (“particular, scrupulous, fastidious, self-willed, wayward, capricious, fretful, peevish”), from mos (“way, custom, habit, self-will”). See moral.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
morose (comparative moroser, superlative morosest)
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Translations[edit]
Sullen, gloomy; showing a brooding ill humour
Further reading[edit]
- morose in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- morose in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- morose at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams[edit]
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin mōrōsus (“peevish, wayward”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
morose (plural moroses)
Derived terms[edit]
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Further reading[edit]
- “morose” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Italian[edit]
Adjective[edit]
morose
- feminine plural of moroso
Latin[edit]
Adjective[edit]
mōrōse
References[edit]
- morose in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- morose in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- morose in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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