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English

Etymology
From L. otiosus �idle�, < otium, �ease�.

Pronunciation
italbrac|RP IPA|/����i��s/ or IPAchar|/���ti��s/
italbrac|US IPA|/�o��io�s/ or IPAchar|/�o�tio�s/
audio|en-us-otiose.ogg|Audio (US)
audio|en-us-otiose-2.ogg|Audio (US)

Adjective
en-adj

1. Resulting in no effect.
2. Reluctant to work or to exert oneself.
3. Having no reason for being (raison d�être); having no point, reason, or purpose.

#* 1895, w:Robert Louis Stevenson|Robert Louis Stevenson, s:Vailima Letters|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;

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Synonyms
italbrac|resulting in no effect: futile, pointless
italbrac|reluctant to work: indolent, lazy, sluggish
italbrac|having no reason or purpose: superfluous

Antonyms
italbrac|resulting in no effect: productive, useful
italbrac|reluctant to work: hardworking
italbrac|having no reason or purpose: essential, necessary

Derived terms
otiosely
otioseness
otiosity

Translations
trans-top|resulting in no effect
Dutch: t+|nl|zinloos
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Russian: бе�полезн�й (bjespoljéznyj), нап�а�н�й (naprásnyj), нен�жн�й (njenúžnyj), бе�плодн�й (bjesplódnyj), ��е�н�й (tš�étnyj)
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trans-top|reluctant to work
Dutch: t+|nl|lui
trans-mid
Russian: ленив�й (ljenívyj), п�аздн�й (prázdnyj)
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trans-top|having no reason or purpose
Dutch: t+|nl|zinloos, t-|nl|overbodig, t|nl|doelloos
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Russian: бе��ел�н�й (bjescél'nyj)
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ttbc|German: zwecklos, mü�ig
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• 2007-11-13 05:43 - Tbot - updated t/t-/t+ templates

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