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单词 otium
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otiumn.

Brit. /ˈəʊtɪəm/, /ˈəʊʃɪəm/, U.S. /ˈoʊdiəm/, /ˈoʊʃiəm/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin ōtium.
Etymology: < classical Latin ōtium leisure, freedom from business, ease, peace; of uncertain origin. Compare earlier otium cum dignitate n.Not fully naturalized in English.
Now rare.
Leisure; free time; ease.
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society > leisure > [noun]
restingOE
leisure13..
voidnessa1382
remissionc1384
vacationc1386
ease1393
otiosity1483
holiday1526
otiation1589
idlesse1596
vacance1610
playa1616
vacancya1616
remissness1624
recess1644
otium cum dignitate1729
dolce far niente1814
disoccupation1834
otium1850
non-work1855
kef1864
toillessness1877
1611 Sir W. Lower MS Let. 19 July f. 433 But indeed I haue here much otium and therefore I may cast awaye some of it in vaine pursuites.
1815 T. Chalmers Let. in W. Hanna Mem. T. Chalmers (1851) II. 21 A life of intellectual leisure, with the otium of literary pursuits.
1850 W. M. Thackeray Pendennis II. xxx. 306 Mr. Morgan was enjoying his otium in a dignified manner, surveying the evening fog, and smoking a cigar.
1877 L. W. M. Lockhart Mine is Thine v. 55 Life cannot be meant to be passed in literary otium or philosophical speculation.
1979 Washington Post 15 July h5/2 Nguyen Trai.., the scholar-strategist-geographer who helped in the anti-Ming campaign, praised the delight of otium.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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