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o⋅ti⋅ose
[oh-shee-ohs, oh-tee-] 
ʃiˌoʊs
–adjective
| 1. | being at leisure; idle; indolent. |
| 2. | ineffective or futile. |
| 3. | superfluous or useless. |
Related forms:
o⋅ti⋅ose⋅ly, adverb
o⋅ti⋅os⋅i⋅ty [oh-shee-os-i-tee, oh-tee-] , o⋅ti⋅ose⋅ness, noun
[oh-shee-os-i-tee, oh-tee-] , o⋅ti⋅ose⋅ness, noun Synonyms:
1. lazy, slothful. 2. idle, vain, profitless. 3. redundant, worthless, pointless.
1. lazy, slothful. 2. idle, vain, profitless. 3. redundant, worthless, pointless.
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| o·ti·ose (ō'shē-ōs', ō'tē-) 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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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.
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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
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