With this language many did begin to feel offended; it seemed to be Morosity and ill-will, the pusillanimity of old age, or a fear, that had now become exaggerated, of the skill of Hannibal.
"Plutarch-Lives-of-the-noble-Grecians-and-Romans"
Clough, Arthur Hugh
The only respect, therefore, in which they differ from you, is the previous kindness: now if we are to receive strangers, I can really see no reason why we are not to be as civil to them as possible; and so far from imputing the desire to please them to a bad heart, I think it a thousand times more amiable and benevolent than telling them, a l'Anglaise, by your Morosity and reserve, that you do not care a pin what becomes of them.
"Pelham, Complete"
Edward Bulwer-Lytton Last Updated: March 16, 2009
By a miracle the smith was not at the races, owing, as he explained, to his having "the toothaches," the two facts combined producing in him a Morosity only equalled by that of Leigh Kelway.
"Some Experiences of an Irish R.M."
E. OE. Somerville Martin Ross