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morose
English
Etymology
From French morose, from Latin m?r?sus (“particular, scrupulous, fastidious, self-willed, wayward, capricious, fretful, peevish”), from m?s (“way, custom, habit, self-will”). See moral.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /m?????s/
- (US) IPA(key): /m???o?s/
Adjective
morose (comparative more morose or moroser, superlative most morose or morosest)
- Sullen, gloomy; showing a brooding ill humour.
- Synonyms: melancholy, sulky, crabby, glum, grouchy, gruff, moody
Related terms
Translations
Further reading
- morose in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- morose in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- morose at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- Romeos, mooers, more so, moreso, roomes
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin m?r?sus (“peevish, wayward”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /m?.?oz/
- Homophone: moroses
Adjective
morose (plural moroses)
- sullen, gloomy, morose
Derived terms
- morosement
- morosité
Related terms
- mœurs
Further reading
- “morose” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Italian
Adjective
morose
- feminine plural of moroso
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /mo??ro?.se/, [mo???o?s??]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /mo?ro.se/, [m?????s??]
Adjective
m?r?se
- vocative masculine singular of m?r?sus
References
- morose in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- morose in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- morose in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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rigorous
English
Alternative forms
- rigourous (non?standard)
Etymology
From Old French, from Late Latin rigorosus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???????s/
- Rhymes: -?????s
Adjective
rigorous (comparative more rigorous, superlative most rigorous)
- Showing, causing, or favoring rigour; scrupulously accurate or strict; thorough.
- a rigorous officer of justice
- a rigorous execution of law
- a rigorous inspection
- Severe; intense.
- a rigorous winter.
Synonyms
- (showing, causing or favoring rigor): painstaking, scrupulous; see also Thesaurus:meticulous
- (severe; intense): harsh, strict; see also Thesaurus:stern
Antonyms
- (severe; intense): arbitrary, capricious, whimsical
Derived terms
- nonrigorous
- overrigorous
- rigorously
- rigorousness
- unrigorous
Related terms
- rigid
- rigour
Translations
Further reading
- rigorous at OneLook Dictionary Search
- rigorous in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
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