otiosity

noun
/ˌəʊ.ʃi(ː)ˈɒs.ə.ti/

Etymology

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

  1. derived from otiosus + -itas — “-ity
  2. derived from otiositas
  3. derived from ociosité

Definitions

  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.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for otiosity. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA