otiose
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Latin ōtiōsus (“idle”), from ōtium (“ease”)
[edit] Pronunciation
- (RP) IPA: /ˈəʊ.ʃi.əʊs/ or /ˈəʊ.ti.əʊs/, SAMPA: /"@U.SI.@Us/, /"@U.tI.@Us/
- (US) IPA: /ˈoʊ.ʃi.oʊs/ or /ˈoʊ.ti.oʊs/
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[edit] Adjective
otiose (comparative more otiose, superlative most otiose)
- Resulting in no effect.
- Reluctant to work or to exert oneself.
- Having no reason for being (raison d’être); having no point, reason, or purpose.
- 1895, Robert Louis Stevenson, Vailima Letters, ch 3
- On Friday morning, I had to be at my house affairs before seven; and they kept me in Apia till past ten, disputing, and consulting about brick and stone and native and hydraulic lime, and cement and sand, and all sorts of otiose details about the chimney – just what I fled from in my father’s office twenty years ago;
- 1895, Robert Louis Stevenson, Vailima Letters, ch 3
[edit] Synonyms
- (resulting in no effect): futile, ineffective
- (reluctant to work): indolent, lazy, sluggish
- (having no reason or purpose): superfluous, irrelevant, pointless
[edit] Antonyms
- (resulting in no effect): productive, useful
- (reluctant to work): hardworking
- (having no reason or purpose): essential, necessary
[edit] Derived terms
[edit] Translations
resulting in no effect
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reluctant to work
having no reason or purpose
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[edit] Latin
[edit] Adjective
ōtiōse
- vocative masculine singular of ōtiōsus
