"otiose" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈəʊ.ʃi.əʊs/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈəʊ.ti.əʊs/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈoʊ.ʃi.oʊs/ [General-American], /ˈoʊ.ti.oʊs/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-otiose.ogg [US], en-us-otiose-2.ogg [US] Forms: more otiose [comparative], most otiose [superlative]
Etymology: From Latin ōtiōsus (“idle”), from ōtium (“ease”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|ōtiōsus||idle}} Latin ōtiōsus (“idle”), {{m|la|ōtium||ease}} ōtium (“ease”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} otiose (comparative more otiose, superlative most otiose)
  1. Having no effect. Synonyms (resulting in no effect): futile, ineffective Translations (resulting in no effect): безполезен (bezpolezen) (Bulgarian), zinloos (Dutch), hyödytön (Finnish), tarpeeton (Finnish), inutile (French), ამაო (amao) (Georgian), ფუჭი (puč̣i) (Georgian), fruchtlos (German), vergeblich (German), nichtig (German), hiábavaló (Hungarian), felesleges (Hungarian), hasztalan (Hungarian), haszontalan (Hungarian), inutile (Italian), vano (Italian), むだな (muda na) (Japanese), 無用な (muyō na) (Japanese), 헛된 (heotdoen) (Korean), niepotrzebny [masculine] (Polish), бесполе́зный (bespoléznyj) (Russian), напра́сный (naprásnyj) (Russian), нену́жный (nenúžnyj) (Russian), беспло́дный (besplódnyj) (Russian), тще́тный (tščétnyj) (Russian), inútil (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-otiose-en-adj-LRXYYLyi Disambiguation of 'resulting in no effect': 65 19 3 2 12 Disambiguation of 'resulting in no effect': 65 19 3 2 12
  2. Done in a careless or perfunctory manner.
    Sense id: en-otiose-en-adj-rxjvkgL- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 59 2 19 18 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 6 54 4 19 17
  3. Reluctant to work or to exert oneself. Synonyms (reluctant to work): indolent, lazy, sluggish Translations (reluctant to work): мързелив (mǎrzeliv) (Bulgarian), lui (Dutch), joutilas (Finnish), toimeton (Finnish), oisif (French), ზარმაცი (zarmaci) (Georgian), müßig (German), tétlen (Hungarian), dologtalan (Hungarian), semmittevő (Hungarian), ozioso (Italian), leniwy [masculine] (Polish), лени́вый (lenívyj) (Russian), пра́здный (prázdnyj) (Russian), ocioso (Spanish), desocupado (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-otiose-en-adj-cbS21J-6 Disambiguation of 'reluctant to work': 1 1 97 0 1 Disambiguation of 'reluctant to work': 1 1 98 0 1
  4. Of a person, possessing a bored indolence.
    Sense id: en-otiose-en-adj-tY-nba2o
  5. Having no reason for being (raison d’être); having no point, reason, or purpose. Synonyms (having no reason or purpose): superfluous, irrelevant, pointless Translations (having no reason or purpose): ненужен (nenužen) (Bulgarian), zinloos (Dutch), overbodig (Dutch), doelloos (Dutch), უაზრო (uazro) (Georgian), zwecklos (German), céltalan (Hungarian), szükségtelen (Hungarian), 余計な (yokē na) (Japanese), niepotrzebny [masculine] (Polish), zbyteczny [masculine] (Polish), bezprzedmiotowy (Polish), бесце́льный (bescélʹnyj) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-otiose-en-adj-yN2i0xOQ Disambiguation of 'having no reason or purpose': 22 5 2 3 68 Disambiguation of 'having no reason or purpose': 22 5 1 3 69
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: otiosely, otioseness, otiosity Related terms: negotiate, negotiation

Adjective [Latin]

Forms: ōtiōse [canonical]
Head templates: {{head|la|adjective form|head=ōtiōse}} ōtiōse
  1. vocative masculine singular of ōtiōsus Tags: form-of, masculine, singular, vocative Form of: ōtiōsus
    Sense id: en-otiose-la-adj-bkeqgDVA Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header

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      "sense": "resulting in no effect",
      "word": "productive"
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      "sense": "resulting in no effect",
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      "sense": "reluctant to work",
      "word": "hardworking"
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      "sense": "having no reason or purpose",
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      "form": "more otiose",
      "tags": [
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      "form": "most otiose",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
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        {
          "ref": "1929, Richard Hughes, A High Wind in Jamaica",
          "text": "The most eminent jurists have not even yet decided on a satisfactory definition of piracy. […] One school holds that it is any felony committed on the High Seas. But that does little except render a separate term otiose. Moreover, it is not accepted by other schools of thought.",
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          "sense": "resulting in no effect",
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          "word": "безполезен"
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          "word": "zinloos"
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          "_dis1": "65 19 3 2 12",
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          "sense": "resulting in no effect",
          "word": "hyödytön"
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          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "resulting in no effect",
          "word": "tarpeeton"
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          "_dis1": "65 19 3 2 12",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "resulting in no effect",
          "word": "inutile"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 19 3 2 12",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "amao",
          "sense": "resulting in no effect",
          "word": "ამაო"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 19 3 2 12",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "puč̣i",
          "sense": "resulting in no effect",
          "word": "ფუჭი"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 19 3 2 12",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "resulting in no effect",
          "word": "fruchtlos"
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          "_dis1": "65 19 3 2 12",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "resulting in no effect",
          "word": "vergeblich"
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          "_dis1": "65 19 3 2 12",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "resulting in no effect",
          "word": "nichtig"
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          "_dis1": "65 19 3 2 12",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "resulting in no effect",
          "word": "hiábavaló"
        },
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          "_dis1": "65 19 3 2 12",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "resulting in no effect",
          "word": "felesleges"
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          "_dis1": "65 19 3 2 12",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "resulting in no effect",
          "word": "hasztalan"
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          "_dis1": "65 19 3 2 12",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "resulting in no effect",
          "word": "haszontalan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 19 3 2 12",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "resulting in no effect",
          "word": "inutile"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 19 3 2 12",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "resulting in no effect",
          "word": "vano"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 19 3 2 12",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "muda na",
          "sense": "resulting in no effect",
          "word": "むだな"
        },
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          "_dis1": "65 19 3 2 12",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "muyō na",
          "sense": "resulting in no effect",
          "word": "無用な"
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          "_dis1": "65 19 3 2 12",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "heotdoen",
          "sense": "resulting in no effect",
          "word": "헛된"
        },
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          "_dis1": "65 19 3 2 12",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "resulting in no effect",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "niepotrzebny"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 19 3 2 12",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "bespoléznyj",
          "sense": "resulting in no effect",
          "word": "бесполе́зный"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 19 3 2 12",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "naprásnyj",
          "sense": "resulting in no effect",
          "word": "напра́сный"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 19 3 2 12",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "nenúžnyj",
          "sense": "resulting in no effect",
          "word": "нену́жный"
        },
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          "_dis1": "65 19 3 2 12",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "besplódnyj",
          "sense": "resulting in no effect",
          "word": "беспло́дный"
        },
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          "_dis1": "65 19 3 2 12",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "tščétnyj",
          "sense": "resulting in no effect",
          "word": "тще́тный"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 19 3 2 12",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "resulting in no effect",
          "word": "inútil"
        }
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            "Entry maintenance"
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          "_dis": "6 54 4 19 17",
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          "name": "English undefined derivations",
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        {
          "ref": "1961, Harold Nicolson, “Thirteen Colonies”, in The Age Of Reason (non-fiction), Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., →LCCN, page 203",
          "text": "It may seem otiose thus to have re-examined the elements of a distant controversy. I have sought only to indicate that there are several perfectly respectable reasons why British opinion should have been so utterly bewildered between 1793 and 1783. Such an examination, even if it manages not to cause offense, is bound itself to become confused and to reflect the cloudy muddle of the period. It is preferable therefore to elucidate the conflict by describing its changing effects on a single individual.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "Done in a careless or perfunctory manner."
      ],
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        ]
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        "Reluctant to work or to exert oneself."
      ],
      "id": "en-otiose-en-adj-cbS21J-6",
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      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 97 0 1",
          "sense": "reluctant to work",
          "word": "indolent"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 97 0 1",
          "sense": "reluctant to work",
          "word": "lazy"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 97 0 1",
          "sense": "reluctant to work",
          "word": "sluggish"
        }
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 98 0 1",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "mǎrzeliv",
          "sense": "reluctant to work",
          "word": "мързелив"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 98 0 1",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "reluctant to work",
          "word": "lui"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 98 0 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "reluctant to work",
          "word": "joutilas"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 98 0 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "reluctant to work",
          "word": "toimeton"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 98 0 1",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "reluctant to work",
          "word": "oisif"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 98 0 1",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "zarmaci",
          "sense": "reluctant to work",
          "word": "ზარმაცი"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 98 0 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "reluctant to work",
          "word": "müßig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 98 0 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "reluctant to work",
          "word": "tétlen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 98 0 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "reluctant to work",
          "word": "dologtalan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 98 0 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "reluctant to work",
          "word": "semmittevő"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 98 0 1",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "reluctant to work",
          "word": "ozioso"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 98 0 1",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "reluctant to work",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "leniwy"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 98 0 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "lenívyj",
          "sense": "reluctant to work",
          "word": "лени́вый"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 98 0 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "prázdnyj",
          "sense": "reluctant to work",
          "word": "пра́здный"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 98 0 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "reluctant to work",
          "word": "ocioso"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 98 0 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "reluctant to work",
          "word": "desocupado"
        }
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      "glosses": [
        "Of a person, possessing a bored indolence."
      ],
      "id": "en-otiose-en-adj-tY-nba2o",
      "links": [
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        ]
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    },
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        {
          "ref": "1895, Robert Louis Stevenson, chapter 3, in Vailima Letters",
          "text": "On Friday morning, I had to be at my house affairs before seven; and they kept me in Apia till past ten, disputing, and consulting about brick and stone and native and hydraulic lime, and cement and sand, and all sorts of otiose details about the chimney – just what I fled from in my father’s office twenty years ago;",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1969, G. R. Elton, The Practice of History",
          "text": "Neither the fact that the debates can become otiose, nor their zeal in so often simply echoing the points made in the past, need, however, lead one to suppose that the proper cure is silence.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "Having no reason for being (raison d’être); having no point, reason, or purpose."
      ],
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        ],
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          "point"
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        [
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          "purpose"
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      ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "22 5 2 3 68",
          "sense": "having no reason or purpose",
          "word": "superfluous"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "22 5 2 3 68",
          "sense": "having no reason or purpose",
          "word": "irrelevant"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "22 5 2 3 68",
          "sense": "having no reason or purpose",
          "word": "pointless"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "22 5 1 3 69",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "nenužen",
          "sense": "having no reason or purpose",
          "word": "ненужен"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "22 5 1 3 69",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "having no reason or purpose",
          "word": "zinloos"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "22 5 1 3 69",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "having no reason or purpose",
          "word": "overbodig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "22 5 1 3 69",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "having no reason or purpose",
          "word": "doelloos"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "22 5 1 3 69",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "uazro",
          "sense": "having no reason or purpose",
          "word": "უაზრო"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "22 5 1 3 69",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "having no reason or purpose",
          "word": "zwecklos"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "22 5 1 3 69",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "having no reason or purpose",
          "word": "céltalan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "22 5 1 3 69",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "having no reason or purpose",
          "word": "szükségtelen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "22 5 1 3 69",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "yokē na",
          "sense": "having no reason or purpose",
          "word": "余計な"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "22 5 1 3 69",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "having no reason or purpose",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "niepotrzebny"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "22 5 1 3 69",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "having no reason or purpose",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "zbyteczny"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "22 5 1 3 69",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "having no reason or purpose",
          "word": "bezprzedmiotowy"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "22 5 1 3 69",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "bescélʹnyj",
          "sense": "having no reason or purpose",
          "word": "бесце́льный"
        }
      ]
    }
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      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
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      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈoʊ.ʃi.oʊs/",
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      "tags": [
        "General-American"
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5a/En-us-otiose.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
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    },
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/24/En-us-otiose-2.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
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}

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      "form": "ōtiōse",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "adjective form",
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      },
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      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "word": "ōtiōsus"
        }
      ],
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        "vocative masculine singular of ōtiōsus"
      ],
      "id": "en-otiose-la-adj-bkeqgDVA",
      "links": [
        [
          "ōtiōsus",
          "otiosus#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "otiose"
}
{
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    {
      "sense": "resulting in no effect",
      "word": "productive"
    },
    {
      "sense": "resulting in no effect",
      "word": "useful"
    },
    {
      "sense": "reluctant to work",
      "word": "hardworking"
    },
    {
      "sense": "having no reason or purpose",
      "word": "essential"
    },
    {
      "sense": "having no reason or purpose",
      "word": "necessary"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    "English 3-syllable words",
    "English adjectives",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English terms derived from Latin",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English undefined derivations",
    "Requests for review of German translations"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "otiosely"
    },
    {
      "word": "otioseness"
    },
    {
      "word": "otiosity"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
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        "2": "la",
        "3": "ōtiōsus",
        "4": "",
        "5": "idle"
      },
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      "name": "uder"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ōtium",
        "3": "",
        "4": "ease"
      },
      "expansion": "ōtium (“ease”)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Latin ōtiōsus (“idle”), from ōtium (“ease”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more otiose",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most otiose",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
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      "name": "en-adj"
    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "negotiate"
    },
    {
      "word": "negotiation"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1929, Richard Hughes, A High Wind in Jamaica",
          "text": "The most eminent jurists have not even yet decided on a satisfactory definition of piracy. […] One school holds that it is any felony committed on the High Seas. But that does little except render a separate term otiose. Moreover, it is not accepted by other schools of thought.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Having no effect."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "effect",
          "effect"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1961, Harold Nicolson, “Thirteen Colonies”, in The Age Of Reason (non-fiction), Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., →LCCN, page 203",
          "text": "It may seem otiose thus to have re-examined the elements of a distant controversy. I have sought only to indicate that there are several perfectly respectable reasons why British opinion should have been so utterly bewildered between 1793 and 1783. Such an examination, even if it manages not to cause offense, is bound itself to become confused and to reflect the cloudy muddle of the period. It is preferable therefore to elucidate the conflict by describing its changing effects on a single individual.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Done in a careless or perfunctory manner."
      ],
      "links": [
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          "careless"
        ],
        [
          "perfunctory",
          "perfunctory"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Reluctant to work or to exert oneself."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "work",
          "work"
        ],
        [
          "exert",
          "exert"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Of a person, possessing a bored indolence."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "bored",
          "bored"
        ],
        [
          "indolence",
          "indolence"
        ]
      ]
    },
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        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1895, Robert Louis Stevenson, chapter 3, in Vailima Letters",
          "text": "On Friday morning, I had to be at my house affairs before seven; and they kept me in Apia till past ten, disputing, and consulting about brick and stone and native and hydraulic lime, and cement and sand, and all sorts of otiose details about the chimney – just what I fled from in my father’s office twenty years ago;",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1969, G. R. Elton, The Practice of History",
          "text": "Neither the fact that the debates can become otiose, nor their zeal in so often simply echoing the points made in the past, need, however, lead one to suppose that the proper cure is silence.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Having no reason for being (raison d’être); having no point, reason, or purpose."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "reason",
          "reason"
        ],
        [
          "raison d’être",
          "raison d’être"
        ],
        [
          "point",
          "point"
        ],
        [
          "purpose",
          "purpose"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "/ˈəʊ.ʃi.əʊs/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈəʊ.ti.əʊs/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈoʊ.ʃi.oʊs/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈoʊ.ti.oʊs/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "resulting in no effect",
      "word": "futile"
    },
    {
      "sense": "resulting in no effect",
      "word": "ineffective"
    },
    {
      "sense": "reluctant to work",
      "word": "indolent"
    },
    {
      "sense": "reluctant to work",
      "word": "lazy"
    },
    {
      "sense": "reluctant to work",
      "word": "sluggish"
    },
    {
      "sense": "having no reason or purpose",
      "word": "superfluous"
    },
    {
      "sense": "having no reason or purpose",
      "word": "irrelevant"
    },
    {
      "sense": "having no reason or purpose",
      "word": "pointless"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "bezpolezen",
      "sense": "resulting in no effect",
      "word": "безполезен"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "resulting in no effect",
      "word": "zinloos"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "resulting in no effect",
      "word": "hyödytön"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "resulting in no effect",
      "word": "tarpeeton"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "resulting in no effect",
      "word": "inutile"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "amao",
      "sense": "resulting in no effect",
      "word": "ამაო"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "puč̣i",
      "sense": "resulting in no effect",
      "word": "ფუჭი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "resulting in no effect",
      "word": "fruchtlos"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "resulting in no effect",
      "word": "vergeblich"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "resulting in no effect",
      "word": "nichtig"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "resulting in no effect",
      "word": "hiábavaló"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "resulting in no effect",
      "word": "felesleges"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "resulting in no effect",
      "word": "hasztalan"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "resulting in no effect",
      "word": "haszontalan"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "resulting in no effect",
      "word": "inutile"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "resulting in no effect",
      "word": "vano"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "muda na",
      "sense": "resulting in no effect",
      "word": "むだな"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "muyō na",
      "sense": "resulting in no effect",
      "word": "無用な"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "heotdoen",
      "sense": "resulting in no effect",
      "word": "헛된"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "resulting in no effect",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "niepotrzebny"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "bespoléznyj",
      "sense": "resulting in no effect",
      "word": "бесполе́зный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "naprásnyj",
      "sense": "resulting in no effect",
      "word": "напра́сный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nenúžnyj",
      "sense": "resulting in no effect",
      "word": "нену́жный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "besplódnyj",
      "sense": "resulting in no effect",
      "word": "беспло́дный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "tščétnyj",
      "sense": "resulting in no effect",
      "word": "тще́тный"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "resulting in no effect",
      "word": "inútil"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "mǎrzeliv",
      "sense": "reluctant to work",
      "word": "мързелив"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "reluctant to work",
      "word": "lui"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "reluctant to work",
      "word": "joutilas"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "reluctant to work",
      "word": "toimeton"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "reluctant to work",
      "word": "oisif"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "zarmaci",
      "sense": "reluctant to work",
      "word": "ზარმაცი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "reluctant to work",
      "word": "müßig"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "reluctant to work",
      "word": "tétlen"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "reluctant to work",
      "word": "dologtalan"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "reluctant to work",
      "word": "semmittevő"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "reluctant to work",
      "word": "ozioso"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "reluctant to work",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "leniwy"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "lenívyj",
      "sense": "reluctant to work",
      "word": "лени́вый"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prázdnyj",
      "sense": "reluctant to work",
      "word": "пра́здный"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "reluctant to work",
      "word": "ocioso"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "reluctant to work",
      "word": "desocupado"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "nenužen",
      "sense": "having no reason or purpose",
      "word": "ненужен"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "having no reason or purpose",
      "word": "zinloos"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "having no reason or purpose",
      "word": "overbodig"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "having no reason or purpose",
      "word": "doelloos"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "uazro",
      "sense": "having no reason or purpose",
      "word": "უაზრო"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "having no reason or purpose",
      "word": "zwecklos"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "having no reason or purpose",
      "word": "céltalan"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "having no reason or purpose",
      "word": "szükségtelen"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "yokē na",
      "sense": "having no reason or purpose",
      "word": "余計な"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "having no reason or purpose",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "niepotrzebny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "having no reason or purpose",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "zbyteczny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "having no reason or purpose",
      "word": "bezprzedmiotowy"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "bescélʹnyj",
      "sense": "having no reason or purpose",
      "word": "бесце́льный"
    }
  ],
  "word": "otiose"
}

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      "form": "ōtiōse",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "adjective form",
        "head": "ōtiōse"
      },
      "expansion": "ōtiōse",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin adjective forms",
        "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
        "Latin non-lemma forms"
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "ōtiōsus"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "vocative masculine singular of ōtiōsus"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ōtiōsus",
          "otiosus#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "otiose"
}

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