maussade.
sullen (mood)
Meaning & usage
sullen (mood)
dull, dreary (landscape, weather etc.)
Where this word comes from
Inherited from Middle French mausade, maussade from Old French malsade. By surface analysis, mau- + Old French sade, inherited from Latin sapidus (“tasty”) (which was borrowed in Middle French as sapide).
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