Go to MSN Homeencarta®
Dictionary
Find
in
Dictionary
Thesaurus
Translations
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
Click to move up the list of words
other short-term capital
other sources
otherness
otherwise
otherworld
otherworldly
-otic
otic
otiose
otitis
otitis media
Oto
oto-
Oto-Manguean
otocyst
otol.
otolaryngology
Click to move down the list of words
Also available:

World English Dictionary
Dictionnaire Français

otiose
o·ti·ose [ ṓshee ss, ṓtee ss ]


adjective 
Definition:
 
1. not effective: with no useful result or practical purpose ( formal )

2. worthless: with little or no value ( formal )

3. lazy: unwilling or disinclined to work or be active ( archaic )

[Late 18th century. < Latin otiosus "at leisure, idle" < otium "leisure"]

o·ti·ose·ly adverb
o·ti·os·i·ty [ shee óssətee, tee óssətee ] noun
Encarta® World English Dictionary [North American Edition] © & (P)2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Developed for Microsoft by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.
Advertisement
© 2009 Microsoft