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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
o·ti·ose       [oh-shee-ohs, oh-tee-] Pronunciation Key
–adjective
1.being at leisure; idle; indolent.
2.ineffective or futile.
3.superfluous or useless.

[Origin: 1785–95; < L ōtiōsus at leisure, equiv. to ōti(um) leisure + -ōsus -ose1]

o·ti·ose·ly, adverb
o·ti·os·i·ty       [oh-shee-os-i-tee, oh-tee-] Pronunciation Key, o·ti·ose·ness, noun

1. lazy, slothful. 2. idle, vain, profitless. 3. redundant, worthless, pointless.
American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
o·ti·ose       (ō'shē-ōs', ō'tē-)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.  
  1. Lazy; indolent.
  2. Of no use.
  3. Ineffective; futile. See Synonyms at vain.


[Latin ōtiōsus, idle, from ōtium, leisure.]

o'ti·ose'ly adv., o'ti·os'i·ty (-ŏs'ĭ-tē) n.
Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
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.

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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

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.

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