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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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    • Suetonius, Tiberius, 70
    • Cicero, De Senectute, 18
    • Cicero, De Officiis, 1.25
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