otiosity

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English

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • (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

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otiosity (countable and uncountable, plural otiosities)

  1. 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.

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