otioseadj.

Brit.

/ˈəʊtɪəʊs/,

/ˈəʊʃɪəʊs/,

/ˈəʊtɪəʊz/,

/ˈəʊʃɪəʊz/, U.S.

/ˈoʊdiˌoʊz/,

/ˈoʊʃiˌoʊz/,

/ˈoʊdiˌoʊs/,

/ˈoʊʃiˌoʊs/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin ōtiōsus.

Etymology: < classical Latin ōtiōsus ineffectual, superfluous, at leisure, unemployed, idle, inactive < ōtium otium n. + -ōsus -ose suffix¹. Compare French oiseux (see otious adj.), Italian ozioso , †ocioso , †otioso (13th cent.), Old Occitan ocios (14th cent.), Spanish ocioso (1438). Compare earlier otious adj., otiosity n.

a. Of belief, principle, thought, etc.: having no practical result; unfruitful, sterile; futile, pointless.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > uselessness, vanity, or futility > [adjective]

idlec825

unnuteOE

bricklec1225

tooma1250

unnaita1250

vaina1300

waste1303

overvoida1382

voida1382

superfluec1384

daylessa1387

unbehovely1390

unprofitablea1398

unbehoveful1429

wastefulc1450

idleful1483

fruster1488

vainful1509

frustrate?a1513

superfluousa1533

addle1534

lost1535

fittle1552

futilea1575

nugatory1605

futilous1607

shiftless1613

tympanous1625

emptya1628

frustraneousa1643

pointless1673

futilitous1765

otiose1795

stultificatory1931

1795 W. Paley View Evidences Christianity (ed. 3) I. ii. i. 342 Such stories..as require, on the part of the hearer, nothing more than an otiose assent.

1844 W. G. Ward Ideal Christian Church (ed. 2) 93 We must learn to dismiss all otiose and unfruitful contemplation of external models.

1853 C. Hardwick Hist. Christian Church (1861) 292 Reposing with a vague and otiose belief on the traditionary doctrines as they had been logically systematized by John of Damascus.

1875 W. Jackson Doctr. Retribution 49 The ‘why’ of moral duty is not an otiose but a fruitful principle.

1946 A. J. Ayer Lang., Truth & Logic (ed. 2) 6 It might be argued..that it was otiose, on the ground that the question which it was designed to answer must already have been answered before the principle could be applied.

1991 Wilson Q. Spring 122/1 As Lynne never read it, it was otiose to wonder whether she would have seen anything of herself in the character of Sheila Spindrift, erring wife.

1997 M. Burleigh in N. Ferguson Virtual Hist. (1998) vi. 326 The vast quantity of surviving documentation..makes it otiose to imagine hypothetical scenarios.

b. Having no practical function; redundant; superfluous.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > [adjective] > useless or needless

idlec897

needlessc1300

over-vaina1382

unrequisite1593

unrequired1702

forbearable1803

otiose1837

1837 G. Phillips Syriac Gram. 6 Vau and Yud in the end of a word, when the preceding letter has no vowel, are also otiose.

1878 W. E. Gladstone Homer xiii. 146 I doubt the opinion sometimes held, that there abound in Homer idle or ‘otiose’ epithets.

1880 Nature 26 Feb. 406/1 An alphabet which..possesses otiose and needless letters.

1925 I. A. Richards Princ. Lit. Crit. xxiv. 269 Sometimes it is held that whatever is redundant or otiose, whatever is not required, although not obstructive or disruptive, is also false.

1965 M. Frayn Tin Men xx. 110 Large sections of the English language were also rendered otiose by replacing long words with small words hyphenated together.

1993 Classic CD June 57/1 Divorced from its dramatic context, much of the music here seems simply otiose and self-indulgent.

2. At leisure; at rest; idle; inactive; indolent, lazy.

ΘΚΠ

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

freeOE

restingOE

at leisurea1529

vacant1531

otious1614

unbended1693

unbending1701

picktootha1726

disengaged1836

otiant1845

otiose1850

eased1851

vacationing1926

the world > action or operation > inaction > idleness, lack of occupation or activity > [adjective]

idlec950

tooma1340

unoccupiedc1405

void1530

restyc1540

unbusied1570

idlefula1652

haking1703

unbusy1731

otiose1850

non-employed1853

1850 Tait's Edinb. Mag. 17 732/2 A malcontent by necessity, because otiose and resourceless.

1865 Sat. Rev. 7 Jan. 24 Our policy in Turkey has now dwindled into an otiose support of the Government.

1885 F. Harrison Choice Bks. (1886) 198 An otiose God..surveying unmoved ‘this dusty fuliginous chaos’.

1910 J. Runcie Idylls by Two Oceans 46 Here let our childhood still repose By spacious veld or opal sand, Full of large dreams and otiose.

1979 J. Heller Good as Gold 401 Gold should have remembered he had no chance ever of staring this otiose, imperturbable childhood friend out of countenance.

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

单词	otiose
释义	otioseadj. Brit. /ˈəʊtɪəʊs/, /ˈəʊʃɪəʊs/, /ˈəʊtɪəʊz/, /ˈəʊʃɪəʊz/, U.S. /ˈoʊdiˌoʊz/, /ˈoʊʃiˌoʊz/, /ˈoʊdiˌoʊs/, /ˈoʊʃiˌoʊs/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin ōtiōsus. Etymology: < classical Latin ōtiōsus ineffectual, superfluous, at leisure, unemployed, idle, inactive < ōtium otium n. + -ōsus -ose suffix¹. Compare French oiseux (see otious adj.), Italian ozioso , †ocioso , †otioso (13th cent.), Old Occitan ocios (14th cent.), Spanish ocioso (1438). Compare earlier otious adj., otiosity n. 1. a. Of belief, principle, thought, etc.: having no practical result; unfruitful, sterile; futile, pointless. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > uselessness, vanity, or futility > [adjective] idlec825 unnuteOE bricklec1225 tooma1250 unnaita1250 vaina1300 waste1303 overvoida1382 voida1382 superfluec1384 daylessa1387 unbehovely1390 unprofitablea1398 unbehoveful1429 wastefulc1450 idleful1483 fruster1488 vainful1509 frustrate?a1513 superfluousa1533 addle1534 lost1535 fittle1552 futilea1575 nugatory1605 futilous1607 shiftless1613 tympanous1625 emptya1628 frustraneousa1643 pointless1673 futilitous1765 otiose1795 stultificatory1931 1795 W. Paley View Evidences Christianity (ed. 3) I. ii. i. 342 Such stories..as require, on the part of the hearer, nothing more than an otiose assent. 1844 W. G. Ward Ideal Christian Church (ed. 2) 93 We must learn to dismiss all otiose and unfruitful contemplation of external models. 1853 C. Hardwick Hist. Christian Church (1861) 292 Reposing with a vague and otiose belief on the traditionary doctrines as they had been logically systematized by John of Damascus. 1875 W. Jackson Doctr. Retribution 49 The ‘why’ of moral duty is not an otiose but a fruitful principle. 1946 A. J. Ayer Lang., Truth & Logic (ed. 2) 6 It might be argued..that it was otiose, on the ground that the question which it was designed to answer must already have been answered before the principle could be applied. 1991 Wilson Q. Spring 122/1 As Lynne never read it, it was otiose to wonder whether she would have seen anything of herself in the character of Sheila Spindrift, erring wife. 1997 M. Burleigh in N. Ferguson Virtual Hist. (1998) vi. 326 The vast quantity of surviving documentation..makes it otiose to imagine hypothetical scenarios. b. Having no practical function; redundant; superfluous. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > [adjective] > useless or needless idlec897 needlessc1300 over-vaina1382 unrequisite1593 unrequired1702 forbearable1803 otiose1837 1837 G. Phillips Syriac Gram. 6 Vau and Yud in the end of a word, when the preceding letter has no vowel, are also otiose. 1878 W. E. Gladstone Homer xiii. 146 I doubt the opinion sometimes held, that there abound in Homer idle or ‘otiose’ epithets. 1880 Nature 26 Feb. 406/1 An alphabet which..possesses otiose and needless letters. 1925 I. A. Richards Princ. Lit. Crit. xxiv. 269 Sometimes it is held that whatever is redundant or otiose, whatever is not required, although not obstructive or disruptive, is also false. 1965 M. Frayn Tin Men xx. 110 Large sections of the English language were also rendered otiose by replacing long words with small words hyphenated together. 1993 Classic CD June 57/1 Divorced from its dramatic context, much of the music here seems simply otiose and self-indulgent. 2. At leisure; at rest; idle; inactive; indolent, lazy. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > [adjective] > at or having leisure freeOE restingOE at leisurea1529 vacant1531 otious1614 unbended1693 unbending1701 picktootha1726 disengaged1836 otiant1845 otiose1850 eased1851 vacationing1926 the world > action or operation > inaction > idleness, lack of occupation or activity > [adjective] idlec950 tooma1340 unoccupiedc1405 void1530 restyc1540 unbusied1570 idlefula1652 haking1703 unbusy1731 otiose1850 non-employed1853 1850 Tait's Edinb. Mag. 17 732/2 A malcontent by necessity, because otiose and resourceless. 1865 Sat. Rev. 7 Jan. 24 Our policy in Turkey has now dwindled into an otiose support of the Government. 1885 F. Harrison Choice Bks. (1886) 198 An otiose God..surveying unmoved ‘this dusty fuliginous chaos’. 1910 J. Runcie Idylls by Two Oceans 46 Here let our childhood still repose By spacious veld or opal sand, Full of large dreams and otiose. 1979 J. Heller Good as Gold 401 Gold should have remembered he had no chance ever of staring this otiose, imperturbable childhood friend out of countenance. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1795
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