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morosity

morosity noun: the state or quality of being morose.

Noun

morosity (usually uncountable, plural morosities)

  1. (usually) The state or quality of being morose.
    Synonyms:
    moroseness

Synonyms of morosity

Forms of morosity

pluralmorosities

Origin of morosity

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”).

Questions about morosity

What does morosity mean?
Morosity means the state or quality of being morose.
What part of speech is morosity?
Morosity is a noun.
What is the plural of morosity?
The plural of morosity is morosities.

Words near morosity in the dictionary

  1. moroser
  2. morosest
  3. morosexual
  4. morosis
  5. morosities
  6. morosity
  7. morosoph
  8. morosophs
  9. Morotoco
  10. morotrophium
  11. Moroukian

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