otiantadj.

Brit.

/ˈəʊʃ(ɪə)nt/, U.S.

/ˈoʊʃ(iə)nt/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin ōtiant-, ōtiāns.

Etymology: < classical Latin ōtiant-, ōtiāns, present participle of ōtiārī to be at leisure < ōtium otium n. In sense 2 after post-biblical Hebrew naḥ silent, quiescent (as in ālep naḥ silent aleph, aleph otiant). Compare earlier otiation n.

rare in later use.

†1. Inactive, doing nothing, indolent. Obsolete.Apparently only found in the N. Amer. Rev.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > [adjective] > at or having leisure

freeOE

restingOE

at leisurea1529

vacant1531

otious1614

unbended1693

unbending1701

picktootha1726

disengaged1836

otiant1845

otiose1850

eased1851

vacationing1926

1845 N. Amer. Rev. Apr. 399 His existence would be otiant and superfluous.

1850 N. Amer. Rev. Apr. 397 All but one, all but two, or all but three would have seemed otiant to a spectator.

1878 N. Amer. Rev. May 483 They who..relegate the Supreme to the otiant ease of Epicurus.

2. Hebrew Phonetics. Of a letter, esp. an aleph: not sounded, silent. Cf. quiescent adj. 2a.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > writing > written character > [adjective] > of letter, not sounded, specifically in Hebrew

quiet1612

quiescent1629

otiant1852

1852 M. Stuart Comm. Bk. Prov. (xxiii. 29) iii. 346 The א is otiant.

1865 W. L. Alexander Kitto's Cycl. Biblical Lit. (ed. 3) I. 194/2 There are other differences between the Chaldee and Syriac, such as the absence from the former of otiant consonants.

1870 W. H. Green Hebrew Chrestomathy i. 1 (heading) Aleph Otiant.

1905 W. H. Cobb Crit. Syst. Hebrew Metre 54 Why are most final letters and aleph otiant written without sh'va?

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	otiant
释义	otiantadj. Brit. /ˈəʊʃ(ɪə)nt/, U.S. /ˈoʊʃ(iə)nt/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin ōtiant-, ōtiāns. Etymology: < classical Latin ōtiant-, ōtiāns, present participle of ōtiārī to be at leisure < ōtium otium n. In sense 2 after post-biblical Hebrew naḥ silent, quiescent (as in ālep naḥ silent aleph, aleph otiant). Compare earlier otiation n. rare in later use. †1. Inactive, doing nothing, indolent. Obsolete.Apparently only found in the N. Amer. Rev. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > [adjective] > at or having leisure freeOE restingOE at leisurea1529 vacant1531 otious1614 unbended1693 unbending1701 picktootha1726 disengaged1836 otiant1845 otiose1850 eased1851 vacationing1926 1845 N. Amer. Rev. Apr. 399 His existence would be otiant and superfluous. 1850 N. Amer. Rev. Apr. 397 All but one, all but two, or all but three would have seemed otiant to a spectator. 1878 N. Amer. Rev. May 483 They who..relegate the Supreme to the otiant ease of Epicurus. 2. Hebrew Phonetics. Of a letter, esp. an aleph: not sounded, silent. Cf. quiescent adj. 2a. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > written character > [adjective] > of letter, not sounded, specifically in Hebrew quiet1612 quiescent1629 otiant1852 1852 M. Stuart Comm. Bk. Prov. (xxiii. 29) iii. 346 The א is otiant. 1865 W. L. Alexander Kitto's Cycl. Biblical Lit. (ed. 3) I. 194/2 There are other differences between the Chaldee and Syriac, such as the absence from the former of otiant consonants. 1870 W. H. Green Hebrew Chrestomathy i. 1 (heading) Aleph Otiant. 1905 W. H. Cobb Crit. Syst. Hebrew Metre 54 Why are most final letters and aleph otiant written without sh'va? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1845
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