† morousadj.

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

Etymology: < classical Latin morōsus morose adj.²; compare -ous suffix.Quot. 1594 in N.E.D. showed a mistranscription in the 1823 ed. for timorous in Southwell's Marie Magdalens Funeral Teares. The form morous with gloss ‘wayward, froward, pensive, testy, hard to please’ in the 2nd ed. (1661) of Blount's Glossographia is presumably an error for morose morose adj.¹, the reading of other editions.

Obsolete.

Slow, lingering, sluggish; prolonged; (also) = morose adj.² 1.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > [adjective] > dwelling on

morousc1443

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

morousc1443

morosous1616

morose1645

c1443 [see morously adv. at Derivatives].

1447 O. Bokenham Lives of Saints (Arun.) (1938) 8953 (MED) Lyht..a long lyne wyth-owte morous dylacyoun Ful redyly..passyth for þe greth swyftnesse.

c1487 J. Skelton tr. Diodorus Siculus Bibliotheca Historica iv. 265 They..call theym slaggardes for that they be so morous and traite for the season by so long delay.

Derivatives

morously adv.

ΚΠ

c1443 R. Pecock Reule of Crysten Religioun (1927) 388 Bettir it is a man to leerne write slowli and..morously in keping þe reulis whiche þe crafte of writing techiþ.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	morous
释义	† morousadj. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin morōsus. Etymology: < classical Latin morōsus morose adj.²; compare -ous suffix.Quot. 1594 in N.E.D. showed a mistranscription in the 1823 ed. for timorous in Southwell's Marie Magdalens Funeral Teares. The form morous with gloss ‘wayward, froward, pensive, testy, hard to please’ in the 2nd ed. (1661) of Blount's Glossographia is presumably an error for morose morose adj.¹, the reading of other editions. Obsolete. Slow, lingering, sluggish; prolonged; (also) = morose adj.² 1. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > [adjective] > dwelling on morousc1443 society > morality > moral evil > [adjective] > dwelling on evil with delight morousc1443 morosous1616 morose1645 c1443 [see morously adv. at Derivatives]. 1447 O. Bokenham Lives of Saints (Arun.) (1938) 8953 (MED) Lyht..a long lyne wyth-owte morous dylacyoun Ful redyly..passyth for þe greth swyftnesse. c1487 J. Skelton tr. Diodorus Siculus Bibliotheca Historica iv. 265 They..call theym slaggardes for that they be so morous and traite for the season by so long delay. Derivatives morously adv. ΚΠ c1443 R. Pecock Reule of Crysten Religioun (1927) 388 Bettir it is a man to leerne write slowli and..morously in keping þe reulis whiche þe crafte of writing techiþ. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < adj.c1443
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