a. [ L. torosus full of muscle, brawny, fleshy. See Torus. ] Cylindrical with alternate swellings and contractions; having the surface covered with rounded prominences. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. morosus, prop., excessively addicted to any particular way or habit, fr. mos, moris, manner, habit, way of life: cf. F. morose. ] 1. Of a sour temper; sullen and austere; ill-humored; severe. “A morose and affected taciturnity.” I. Watts. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Lascivious; brooding over evil thoughts. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Sullen; gruff; severe; austere; gloomy; crabbed; crusty; churlish; surly; ill-humored. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Sourly; with sullen austerity. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Sourness of temper; sulenness. [ 1913 Webster ]

Learn good humor, never to oppose without just reason; abate some degrees of pride and moroseness. I. Watts. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Moroseness is not precisely peevishness or fretfulness, though often accompanied with it. It denotes more of silence and severity, or ill-humor, than the irritability or irritation which characterizes peevishness. [ 1913 Webster ]