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- pronunciation:
- o
shi
os
[or]
o
ti
os
- features:
- Word Parts
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
idle or lazy.
- synonyms:
- idle, indolent, lazy, shiftless, slothful, sluggish
- similar words:
- languid, lethargic, listless
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| definition 2: |
having no purpose or use; unnecessary or futile.
The many otiose strokes characteristic of this handwriting make it gorgeous but difficult to read.- synonyms:
- futile, needless, pointless, unnecessary, useless
- similar words:
- dispensable, fruitless, good-for-nothing, idle, ineffective, nugatory, redundant, superfluous, vain, worthless
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| related words: |
idle, inactive, slack, vagabond |
| derivations: |
otiosely (adv.), otiosity (n.) |
The word otiose
contains the following part:
-ose1
Latin
adjective-forming suffix
that means having many or much of; tending toward
  More about this word part:
Adjectives ending in -ose1 were borrowed as whole words from Latin, where the suffix was -osus. The suffix -ose1 is therefore always attached to a bound Latin root. Most adjectives ending in -ose1 have a corresponding noun form ending in -ity ( verbose
: verbosity). See -osity.
Example words:
adipose, bellicose, grandiose, jocose, lachrymose, morose, otiose, pilose, plumose, ramose, spinose, varicose, verbose
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