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o⋅ti⋅ose

  [oh-shee-ohs, oh-tee-]
–adjective
1. being at leisure; idle; indolent.
2. ineffective or futile.
3. superfluous or useless.
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Origin:
1785–95; < L ōtiōsus at leisure, equiv. to ōti(um) leisure + -ōsus -ose 1

Related forms:
o⋅ti⋅ose⋅ly, adverb
o⋅ti⋅os⋅i⋅ty  [oh-shee-os-i-tee, oh-tee-] , o⋅ti⋅ose⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
1. lazy, slothful. 2. idle, vain, profitless. 3. redundant, worthless, pointless.
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o·ti·ose   (ō'shē-ōs', ō'tē-)   
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.
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Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History

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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