- otiosity
- noun see otiose
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
otiosity
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Otiosity — O ti*os ity, n. [L. otiositas.] Leisure; indolence; idleness; ease. [R.] Thackeray. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
otiosity — index sloth Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
otiosity — See otiosely. * * * … Universalium
otiosity — noun /oʊʃiːɒsədiː|/oʊdiːɒsədiː/ The state or quality of being otiose. Syn: idleness, remoteness, aloofness, futility … Wiktionary
otiosity — n. uselessness; laziness; idleness … English contemporary dictionary
otiosity — oti·os·i·ty … English syllables
otiosity — ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈäsəd.ē, ətē, i noun ( es) Etymology: alteration of earlier ociosity, from Middle French ociosité, from Late Latin otiositat , otiositas, from Latin otiosus + itat , itas ity : the quality or state of being otiose … Useful english dictionary
otiose — adjective Etymology: Latin otiosus, from otium leisure Date: 1794 1. producing no useful result ; futile 2. being at leisure ; idle 3. lacking use or effect ; functionless Synonyms: see vain • otiosely … New Collegiate Dictionary
otiose — otiosely, adv. otiosity /oh shee os i tee, oh tee /, otioseness, n. /oh shee ohs , oh tee /, adj. 1. being at leisure; idle; indolent. 2. ineffective or futile. 3. superfluous or useless. [1785 95; < L otiosus at leisure, equiv. to oti(um)… … Universalium
sloth — I noun acedia, apathy, desidia, disinclination to action, disinclination to labor, dullness, faineance, idleness, ignavia, inaction, inactivity, indifference, indolence, inertia, inertness, inexertion, languidness, laxness, laziness, leadenness,… … Law dictionary
