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otiosity

UK/ˌəʊ.ʃi(ː)ˈɒs.ə.ti/US/ˌoʊ.ʃiˈɑs.ə.ti/

otiosity noun: the state or quality of being otiose.

Noun

otiosity (countable and uncountable, plural otiosities)

  1. 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

otiosity meaning in Tamil and Urdu

otiosity in Tamil

சோம்பல், வேலையின்மை

otiosity in Urdu

آرام طلبی, کاہلی, نکٹھو پن, سستی

Synonyms of otiosity

Forms of otiosity

pluralotiosities

Origin of otiosity

From otiose + -ity, from Middle French ociosité, from Latin otiositas, from Latin otiosus + -itas (“-ity”).

Questions about otiosity

What does otiosity mean?
Otiosity means the state or quality of being otiose.
What is otiosity in Tamil?
Otiosity in Tamil is சோம்பல், வேலையின்மை. See Otiosity meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is otiosity?
Otiosity is a noun.
How do you pronounce otiosity?
Otiosity is pronounced /ˌəʊ.ʃi(ː)ˈɒs.ə.ti/ (UK).
What is the plural of otiosity?
The plural of otiosity is otiosities.

Words near otiosity in the dictionary

  1. otinids
  2. otiose
  3. otiosely
  4. otioseness
  5. otiosities
  6. otiosity
  7. Otira
  8. Otis
  9. Otisville
  10. otitic
  11. otitid

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Adapted from Wiktionary: otiosity (page history and authors); otiosity (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); otiosity (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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