peevishness Copy link Outline 1. mōrōsĭtas2. stŏmăchus (chagrin, irritable temper) • peevishness: 1. mōrōsĭtas: to fall into p., in m. incidere, Cic. Off. 1, 25, 88. 2. stŏmăchus (chagrin, irritable temper): a letter full of p., epistola plena stomachi [et querelarum:, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 8, init. (Or expr. by adj.: v. peevish.)