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“moroseness” in Latin
acerbitāssourness of taste, with bitterness and astringency, like that of unripe fruit; harshness, severity; sorrowsevēritāsseriousness, gravity, sternness, strictness, severitydifficultāsdifficulty, distress, trouble, hardshipmōrōsitāspeevishness, fretfulness, moroseness, gloom, ill-humor, moodiness, morosity; niceness, pedantry, over-scrupulousness, totrīstitiasadness, sorrow, melancholy, sloth; the (sad) state of things; moroseness, sourness
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
moroseness
austeriras, acerbitas, severitas, difficultas, morositas, tristitia. SYN. in AUSTERE.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for moroseness?
- The usual Latin words for “moroseness” are acerbitās, sevēritās, difficultās; also mōrōsitās, trīstitia. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.