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Definition of Morosity
1. n. Moroseness.
Definition of Morosity
1. Noun. The quality or state of being morose. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Morosity
1. the state of being morose [n -TIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Morosity
Literary usage of Morosity
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England Begun in the Year 1641 by Edward Hyde Clarendon (1888)
"... the levity of one, and the morosity of another ; the excess of the court in
the greatest want, and the parsimony and re- tention of the country in the ..."
2. The Book of the Church by Robert Southey (1824)
"... only suspected him of the same; who conversed with him constantly, not only
acquitted him of all morosity, but commended him for sweetness of manners. ..."
3. The English Works of Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury by Thomas ( Hobbes (1840)
"Then for the morosity and peevishness you charge him with, all that know him
familiarly, know it is a false accusation. But you mean, it may be, ..."
4. The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England by Edward Hyde Clarendon (1843)
"The court made no impression upon his manners ; upon his mind it did : and though
he wore about him an affected morosity, which made him unapt to flatter ..."
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