otiose
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o·ti·ose 
[oh-shee-ohs, oh-tee-] Pronunciation Key
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[oh-shee-ohs, oh-tee-] Pronunciation Key –adjective
| 1. | being at leisure; idle; indolent. |
| 2. | ineffective or futile. |
| 3. | superfluous or useless. |
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o·ti·ose·ly, adverb
—Synonyms 1. lazy, slothful. 2. idle, vain, profitless. 3. redundant, worthless, pointless.
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American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
| o·ti·ose
(ō'shē-ōs', ō'tē-) Pronunciation Key
adj.
[Latin ōtiōsus, idle, from ōtium, leisure.] o'ti·ose'ly adv., o'ti·os'i·ty (-ŏs'ĭ-tē) n. |
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
otiose
otiose
1794, "unfruitful, futile," from L. otiosus "having leisure or ease, not busy" (cf. Fr. oiseux, Sp. ocioso, It. otioso), from otium "leisure," of unknown origin. Meaning "at leisure, idle" is recorded from 1850.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
WordNet - Cite This Source - Share This
| otiose | |
adjective | |
| 1. | serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being; "otiose lines in a play"; "advice is wasted words"; "a pointless remark"; "a life essentially purposeless"; "senseless violence" |
| 2. | producing no result or effect; "a futile effort"; "the therapy was ineffectual"; "an otiose undertaking"; "an unavailing attempt" [syn: futile] |
| 3. | disinclined to work or exertion; "faineant kings under whose rule the country languished"; "an indolent hanger-on"; "too lazy to wash the dishes"; "shiftless idle youth"; "slothful employees"; "the unemployed are not necessarily work-shy" [syn: faineant] |
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Otiose
O"ti*ose`\, a. [L. otiosus, fr. otium ease.] Being at leisure or ease; unemployed; indolent; idle. "Otiose assent." --Paley. The true keeping of the Sabbath was not that otiose and un?rofitable cessation from even good deeds which they would enforce. --Alford.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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