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morositas

morositas, peevishness, fretfulness, moroseness

mōrōsĭtas, ātis, f. [morosus].
      • 1 Peevishness, fretfulness, moroseness (rare but class.): si in morositatem inutilem et odiosam incidamus, Cic. Off. 1, 25, 88: morositas et ea vitia, quae dixi, habent aliquid excusationis, id. Sen. 18, 65.—
      • 2 Niceness, pedantry: affectatione et morositate nimiā obscurabat stilum, over-scrupulousness, too great nicety, Suet. Tib. 70.

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