moroseadj.¹n.

Brit.

/mɒˈrəʊs/, U.S.

/mɔˈroʊs/,

/məˈroʊs/

Forms: 1500s– morose, 1600s moross.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin mōrōsus.

Etymology: < classical Latin mōrōsus hard to please, difficult, exacting, pernickety, (of an activity, time of life, etc.) marked by pernicketiness, also as noun denoting a person showing these characteristics < mōr- , mōs manner (see moral adj.) + -ōsus -ose suffix¹. Compare French morose (of a person) gloomy, glum, inclined to dissatisfaction, (of a thing, situation, etc.) dreary, gloomy (1618). Compare moroso n.

A. adj.¹

a. Of persons, or their attributes, behaviour, etc.: sullen, gloomy, sour-tempered, unsocial.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill humour > [adjective]

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ill-humoured1693

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stuffy1825

liverish1828

troglodytish1866

glummy1884

humpy1889

scowly1951

society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > [adjective] > morose or sulking

solein1399

morose1565

sulky1744

sulkinga1777

troglodytish1866

troglodytic1871

1565 T. Cooper Thesaurus Morosus, waywarde: frowarde: overthwarte: morose: diuers in condition: harde to please.

1694 F. Bragge Pract. Disc. Parables xiv. 458 They were..of very morose countenances, as greatly mortified, and strangers to the world.

1726 J. Swift Gulliver I. i. iii. 58 That Minister was Galbet,..a Person..of a morose and sour Complection.

1775 W. Mason Mem. in T. Gray Poems 119 He was also morose, unsocial, and obstinate.

1815 J. Smith Panorama Sci. & Art I. 242 There are very few so obstinately morose, as to be uninfluenced by the opinions of others.

1853 C. Brontë Villette I. xi. 201 She looked stony and stern, almost mortified and morose.

1895 S. Crane Red Badge of Courage xxiii. 224 The third captive sat with a morose countenance.

1915 W. S. Maugham Of Human Bondage lxxvii. 401 He was unused to alcohol, and it affected him quickly, but his drunkenness was savage and morose.

1969 M. Angelou I know why Caged Bird Sings xiii. 86 There is nothing more appalling than a constantly morose child.

1997 Guardian 4 July (Friday Review section) 18/5 A penchant for morose self-analysis set to strumalong guitar.

b. In extended use.

ΚΠ

1694 R. Franck Northern Mem. 263 The Carp is a Fish complicated of a moross Mixture, and a torpid Motion.

1902 A. Lang Hist. Scotl. II. v. 104 Mary's arrival was darkened by the morose climate.

1992 Dogs Today (BNC) Apr. 35 A luggage van containing an enormous, hairy, and morose dog in one corner.

c. Of an outlook, opinion, philosophy, etc.: pessimistic, gloomy.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > [adjective]

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down in (rarely of) the mouth1649

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unrejoiced1714

dreara1717

disheartened1720

mumpish1721

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out of spirits1745

chagrineda1754

low-spirited1753

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1791 W. Maxwell in J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1770 I. 340 His philosophy..was by no means morose and cynical.

1838 E. Bulwer-Lytton Alice I. ii. iv. 177 Morbid and morose philosophy, begot by a proud spirit on a lonely heart.

1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. i. 3 No man who is correctly informed as to the past will be disposed to take a morose or desponding view of the present.

1861 J. A. Alexander Gospel Jesus Christ xiv. 194 Pleasures which a more morose religion would proscribe as dangerous.

1881 Bp. Thorold Gospel of Christ Pref. Surely it is a morose religionism that fears knowledge, or distrusts science.

1993 R. Hughes Culture of Complaint i. 36 The 80s brought the fulfillment of Kenneth Galbraith's morose aphorism about America's recoil from the memory of New Deal Policies.

†2. Of a thing: intractable. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > difficulty > types of difficulty > [adjective] > difficult or intractable (of things)

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uncompliant1659

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sulky1867

intractile1880

unwieldly1881

bunglesome1915

1652 L. S. Natures Dowrie xxii. 53 This knot is somewhat morose, and will not easily be untied.

†3. Scrupulous, painstaking. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > care, carefulness, or attention > [adjective] > scrupulously careful or attentive to detail

curious1570

nice1589

particular1616

scrupulous1638

elaborate1649

morose1695

minutiose1868

minutious1891

meticulous1952

1695 J. Edwards Disc. conc. Old & New-Test. III. xii. 482 He was a very Morose Interpreter.

1696 R. Bentley Of Revel. & Messias 10 Unworthy of the most cautious and morose searcher of truth.

B. n.

With plural agreement. With the. Morose people as a class. Now rare.

ΚΠ

1620 T. Granger Syntagma Logicum 275 This to delight, to moue, and to allure with wiles, euen the refractory, and morose.

1711 J. Swift Argument abolishing Christianity in Misc. Prose & Verse 173 Convents..which are so many Retreats for the Speculative, the Melancholy, the Proud, the Silent, the Politick and the Morose.

1762 O. Goldsmith Life R. Nash 40 Let the morose and grave censure an attention to forms and ceremonies.

1833 R. H. Dana Tom Thornton in Poems & Prose Writings 154 Good fortune has something joyous in it, even to the morose.

2002 www.amazon.com 5 Apr. (O.E.D. Archive) Listmania! Music for the Morose.

Compounds

Complementary and parasynthetic.

morose-looking adj.

ΚΠ

1845 G. P. R. James Arrah Neil I. ii. 19 The elder of the two was a hard-featured, somewhat morose-looking personage.

1995 D. Ray Kangaroo Paws 103 George Laughlin, who recalled Lawrence as ‘a morose-looking fellow’.

morose-natured adj.

ΚΠ

1884 J. Payn Some Lit. Recoll. 62 A morose-natured man.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

moroseadj.²

Brit.

/mɒˈrəʊs/, U.S.

/mɔˈroʊs/,

/məˈroʊs/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin morōsus.

Etymology: < classical Latin morōsus (late 2nd cent. a.d.) < mora delay (see mora n.¹) + -ōsus -ose suffix¹. With sense 1 compare French délectation morose (1863). With sense 2 compare Italian moroso (1686), Spanish moroso (c1580). Compare earlier morous adj., morosous adj.Thomas Aquinas ( Summa Theologiae ii. 1. Question 31. Article 2; Question 74. Article 6) uses morosa delectatio as a term already established, and discusses its meaning, connecting it with mora delay and its derivative immorārī to linger upon. Compare Augustine De Civit. Dei xxii. xxiii, Ne in eo quod male delectat vel visio vel cogitatio remoretur (lest sight or thought dwell too long on some evil thing which gives us pleasure).

1. Theology. Of a thought or feeling: wrongly or sinfully prolonged or dwelt upon. Now rare. morose delectation n. the habit of dwelling with enjoyment upon evil thoughts.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > moral evil > [adjective] > dwelling on evil with delight

morousc1443

morosous1616

morose1645

society > morality > moral evil > [noun] > delight in evil > specific

morose delectation1970

1645 H. Hammond Pract. Catech. ii. vi. 188 All morose thoughts i.e. dwelling or insisting on that image, or phansying of such uncleane matter with delectation.

1655 W. Nicholson Plain Expos. Catech. ii. 123 In this Commandment are forbidden..All that feeds this sin [sc. adultery], or are incentives to it: as..3. Morose thoughts, that dwell on the phansy with delight.

1970 P. O'Brian Master & Commander (new ed.) viii. 254 Indeed, it is not far from morose delectation.

†2. Roman Law. Chargeable with undue delay in the assertion of a claim, etc. Cf. mora n.¹ 1. Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

1875 E. Poste tr. Gaius Institutionum Iuris Civilis (ed. 2) iii. 449 If he is Morose (a debtor chargeable with mora).

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	morose
释义	moroseadj.¹n. Brit. /mɒˈrəʊs/, U.S. /mɔˈroʊs/, /məˈroʊs/ Forms: 1500s– morose, 1600s moross. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin mōrōsus. Etymology: < classical Latin mōrōsus hard to please, difficult, exacting, pernickety, (of an activity, time of life, etc.) marked by pernicketiness, also as noun denoting a person showing these characteristics < mōr- , mōs manner (see moral adj.) + -ōsus -ose suffix¹. Compare French morose (of a person) gloomy, glum, inclined to dissatisfaction, (of a thing, situation, etc.) dreary, gloomy (1618). Compare moroso n. A. adj.¹ 1. a. Of persons, or their attributes, behaviour, etc.: sullen, gloomy, sour-tempered, unsocial. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill humour > [adjective] moodyc1300 distemprec1374 melancholiana1393 solein1399 darkc1440 gloomingc1440 girning1447 melancholyc1450 tetrical1528 tetric1533 distemperate1548 morose1565 sullen1570 stunt1581 humorous1590 gloomya1593 muddy1592 clum1599 dortya1605 humoursome1607 distempereda1616 musty1620 grum1640 agelastic1666 fusty1668 purdy1668 ill-humoured1693 gurly1721 mumpish1721 sunking1724 tetricous1727 sumphish1728 stunkard1737 sulky1744 muggard1746 farouche1765 sombrea1767 glumpy1780 glumpish1800 tiffy1810 splenitive1815 stuffy1825 liverish1828 troglodytish1866 glummy1884 humpy1889 scowly1951 society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > [adjective] > morose or sulking solein1399 morose1565 sulky1744 sulkinga1777 troglodytish1866 troglodytic1871 1565 T. Cooper Thesaurus Morosus, waywarde: frowarde: overthwarte: morose: diuers in condition: harde to please. 1694 F. Bragge Pract. Disc. Parables xiv. 458 They were..of very morose countenances, as greatly mortified, and strangers to the world. 1726 J. Swift Gulliver I. i. iii. 58 That Minister was Galbet,..a Person..of a morose and sour Complection. 1775 W. Mason Mem. in T. Gray Poems 119 He was also morose, unsocial, and obstinate. 1815 J. Smith Panorama Sci. & Art I. 242 There are very few so obstinately morose, as to be uninfluenced by the opinions of others. 1853 C. Brontë Villette I. xi. 201 She looked stony and stern, almost mortified and morose. 1895 S. Crane Red Badge of Courage xxiii. 224 The third captive sat with a morose countenance. 1915 W. S. Maugham Of Human Bondage lxxvii. 401 He was unused to alcohol, and it affected him quickly, but his drunkenness was savage and morose. 1969 M. Angelou I know why Caged Bird Sings xiii. 86 There is nothing more appalling than a constantly morose child. 1997 Guardian 4 July (Friday Review section) 18/5 A penchant for morose self-analysis set to strumalong guitar. b. In extended use. ΚΠ 1694 R. Franck Northern Mem. 263 The Carp is a Fish complicated of a moross Mixture, and a torpid Motion. 1902 A. Lang Hist. Scotl. II. v. 104 Mary's arrival was darkened by the morose climate. 1992 Dogs Today (BNC) Apr. 35 A luggage van containing an enormous, hairy, and morose dog in one corner. c. Of an outlook, opinion, philosophy, etc.: pessimistic, gloomy. 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Maxwell in J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1770 I. 340 His philosophy..was by no means morose and cynical. 1838 E. Bulwer-Lytton Alice I. ii. iv. 177 Morbid and morose philosophy, begot by a proud spirit on a lonely heart. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. i. 3 No man who is correctly informed as to the past will be disposed to take a morose or desponding view of the present. 1861 J. A. Alexander Gospel Jesus Christ xiv. 194 Pleasures which a more morose religion would proscribe as dangerous. 1881 Bp. Thorold Gospel of Christ Pref. Surely it is a morose religionism that fears knowledge, or distrusts science. 1993 R. Hughes Culture of Complaint i. 36 The 80s brought the fulfillment of Kenneth Galbraith's morose aphorism about America's recoil from the memory of New Deal Policies. †2. Of a thing: intractable. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > types of difficulty > [adjective] > difficult or intractable (of things) wickc1330 riotous1340 wickeda1352 untreatablec1374 frowarda1400 inobedient1495 stubborn?1518 unwieldya1538 unruly1548 wieldlessa1560 hard1560 untoward1566 tickle1570 churlish1577 unwieldsome1579 rebellious1587 disobedient1588 unframeable1593 unwilling1593 untractable1601 unmanageable1606 intractable1607 surly1609 unwedgeablea1616 dogged1627 uncontrollable1648 obdurate1651 morose1652 uncompliant1659 sullen1678 unpliant1716 ungovernable1773 sulky1867 intractile1880 unwieldly1881 bunglesome1915 1652 L. S. Natures Dowrie xxii. 53 This knot is somewhat morose, and will not easily be untied. †3. Scrupulous, painstaking. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > care, carefulness, or attention > [adjective] > scrupulously careful or attentive to detail curious1570 nice1589 particular1616 scrupulous1638 elaborate1649 morose1695 minutiose1868 minutious1891 meticulous1952 1695 J. Edwards Disc. conc. Old & New-Test. III. xii. 482 He was a very Morose Interpreter. 1696 R. Bentley Of Revel. & Messias 10 Unworthy of the most cautious and morose searcher of truth. B. n. With plural agreement. With the. Morose people as a class. Now rare. ΚΠ 1620 T. Granger Syntagma Logicum 275 This to delight, to moue, and to allure with wiles, euen the refractory, and morose. 1711 J. Swift Argument abolishing Christianity in Misc. Prose & Verse 173 Convents..which are so many Retreats for the Speculative, the Melancholy, the Proud, the Silent, the Politick and the Morose. 1762 O. Goldsmith Life R. Nash 40 Let the morose and grave censure an attention to forms and ceremonies. 1833 R. H. Dana Tom Thornton in Poems & Prose Writings 154 Good fortune has something joyous in it, even to the morose. 2002 www.amazon.com 5 Apr. (O.E.D. Archive) Listmania! Music for the Morose. Compounds Complementary and parasynthetic. morose-looking adj. ΚΠ 1845 G. P. R. James Arrah Neil I. ii. 19 The elder of the two was a hard-featured, somewhat morose-looking personage. 1995 D. Ray Kangaroo Paws 103 George Laughlin, who recalled Lawrence as ‘a morose-looking fellow’. morose-natured adj. ΚΠ 1884 J. Payn Some Lit. Recoll. 62 A morose-natured man. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online June 2022). moroseadj.² Brit. /mɒˈrəʊs/, U.S. /mɔˈroʊs/, /məˈroʊs/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin morōsus. Etymology: < classical Latin morōsus (late 2nd cent. a.d.) < mora delay (see mora n.¹) + -ōsus -ose suffix¹. With sense 1 compare French délectation morose (1863). With sense 2 compare Italian moroso (1686), Spanish moroso (c1580). Compare earlier morous adj., morosous adj.Thomas Aquinas ( Summa Theologiae ii. 1. Question 31. Article 2; Question 74. Article 6) uses morosa delectatio as a term already established, and discusses its meaning, connecting it with mora delay and its derivative immorārī to linger upon. Compare Augustine De Civit. Dei xxii. xxiii, Ne in eo quod male delectat vel visio vel cogitatio remoretur (lest sight or thought dwell too long on some evil thing which gives us pleasure). 1. Theology. Of a thought or feeling: wrongly or sinfully prolonged or dwelt upon. Now rare. morose delectation n. the habit of dwelling with enjoyment upon evil thoughts. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > [adjective] > dwelling on evil with delight morousc1443 morosous1616 morose1645 society > morality > moral evil > [noun] > delight in evil > specific morose delectation1970 1645 H. Hammond Pract. Catech. ii. vi. 188 All morose thoughts i.e. dwelling or insisting on that image, or phansying of such uncleane matter with delectation. 1655 W. Nicholson Plain Expos. Catech. ii. 123 In this Commandment are forbidden..All that feeds this sin [sc. adultery], or are incentives to it: as..3. Morose thoughts, that dwell on the phansy with delight. 1970 P. O'Brian Master & Commander (new ed.) viii. 254 Indeed, it is not far from morose delectation. †2. Roman Law. Chargeable with undue delay in the assertion of a claim, etc. Cf. mora n.¹ 1. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1875 E. Poste tr. Gaius Institutionum Iuris Civilis (ed. 2) iii. 449 If he is Morose (a debtor chargeable with mora). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.¹n.1565adj.²1645
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moroseadj.1n.

Compounds

moroseadj.2

moroseadj.¹n.

moroseadj.²