Skip to content
ontologydriven
Sign out

Dictionary

Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

otiosity en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˌoʊ.tiˈɑs.ə.ti/ (US)
  • /ˌoʊ.ʃiˈɑs.ə.ti/ (US)
  • /ˌəʊ.ti(ː)ˈɒs.ə.ti/ (UK)
  • /ˌəʊ.ʃi(ː)ˈɒs.ə.ti/ (UK)

Etymology

From otiose + -ity, from Middle French ociosité, from Latin otiositas, from Latin otiosus + -itas (“-ity”).

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) The state or quality of being otiose.
    • There is no doubt that the ordinary reader would enjoy, and he certainly would profit much by, a revival of the classic work—if only he did not fall asleep over its magniloquent but perissological otiosity. 1908, Charles Francis Horne, The Technique of the Novel, page 126:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
otiosities Number=Plur lexicographic

Synonyms

remoteness · aloofness · futility · idleness