otiosities
otiosities is the plural of otiosity.
Meaning of otiosity
Noun
otiosity (countable and uncountable, plural otiosities)
- The state or quality of being otiose.
- 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.1908, Charles Francis Horne, The Technique of the Novel, page 126
- Synonyms:
- idleness, remoteness, aloofness, futility
Questions about otiosities
- What is otiosities the plural of?
- Otiosities is the plural of otiosity.
Words near otiosities in the dictionary
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