morositas

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

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.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

mōrōsĭtās,¹⁴ ātis, f. (morosus), morosité, humeur chagrine, morose : Cic. Off. 1, 88 || raffinement, purisme : Suet. Tib. 70.

Latin > German (Georges)

mōrōsitās, ātis, f. (morosus), das eigensinnige, wunderliche, launische, grämliche Wesen, die eigensinnige Laune, der Eigensinn, die grämliche Strenge, Ängstlichkeit, Peinlichkeit, Cic. u.a.: m. nimia, pedantische, übertriebene Ängstlichkeit, pedantische Gezwungenheit, Suet.

Latin > English

morositas morositatis N F :: peevishness, moroseness; G:pedantry