English → Latin
“peevish” in Latin
mōrōsuscaptious, persnickety, fastidious, difficult (to please); peevish, wayward, capriciousdifficilisdifficult, hard, troublesome; obstinate, intractable, hard to please or manage
The English word peevish itself goes back to Latin vertō, through perversus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
peevish
morosus; difficilis: old age makes me peevish, amariorem me senectus facit (Cic., Att., 14, 21, 3): to become peevish, incidere in morositatem (Cic.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for peevish?
- The usual Latin words for “peevish” are mōrōsus, difficilis. 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.