otiosity
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From otiose + -ity, from Middle French ociosité, from Latin otiositas, from Latin otiosus + -itas (“-ity”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (UK) IPA(key): /ˌəʊ.ʃi(ː)ˈɒs.ə.ti/, /ˌəʊ.ti(ː)ˈɒs.ə.ti/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˌoʊ.ʃiˈɑs.ə.ti/, /ˌoʊ.tiˈɑs.ə.ti/
Noun
[edit]otiosity (countable and uncountable, plural otiosities)
- The state or quality of being otiose.
- 1908, Charles Francis Horne, The Technique of the Novel, page 126:
- 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.