otiose

== English == === Etymology === From Latin ōtiōsus (“idle”), from ōtium (“ease”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈəʊ.ʃi.əʊs/ or /ˈəʊ.ti.əʊs/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈoʊ.ʃi.oʊs/ or /ˈoʊ.ti.oʊs/ === Adjective === otiose (comparative more otiose, superlative most otiose) Having no effect. Done in a careless or perfunctory manner. Reluctant to work or to exert oneself. Of a person, possessing a bored indolence. Having no reason for being (raison d’être); having no point, reason, or purpose. ==== Synonyms ==== (resulting in no effect): futile, ineffective (reluctant to work): indolent, lazy, sluggish (having no reason or purpose): superfluous, irrelevant, pointless ==== Antonyms ==== (resulting in no effect): productive, useful (reluctant to work): hardworking (having no reason or purpose): essential, necessary ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== == Latin == === Adjective === ōtiōse vocative masculine singular of ōtiōsus === References === “otiose”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “otiose”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “otiose”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.