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Meaning of "otiosity" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF OTIOSITY

otiosity  [ˌəʊtɪˈɒsɪtɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF OTIOSITY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Otiosity is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES OTIOSITY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of otiosity in the English dictionary

The definition of otiosity in the dictionary is ineffectuality. Other definition of otiosity is laziness.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH OTIOSITY


cariosity
ˌkærɪˈɒsɪtɪ
curiosity
ˌkjʊərɪˈɒsɪtɪ
dubiosity
ˌdjuːbɪˈɒsɪtɪ
ebriosity
ˌiːbrɪˈɒsɪtɪ
furiosity
ˌfjʊrɪˈɒsɪtɪ
graciosity
ˌɡreɪʃɪˈɒsɪtɪ
grandiosity
ˌɡrændɪˈɒsɪtɪ
hideosity
ˌhɪdɪˈɒsɪtɪ
impecuniosity
ˌɪmpɪkjuːnɪˈɒsɪtɪ
impecuniousness
ˌɪmpɪkjuːnɪˈɒsɪtɪ
impetuosity
ɪmˌpetʃʊˈɒsɪtɪ
incuriosity
ɪnˌkjʊərɪˈɒsɪtɪ
piosity
paɪˈɒsɪtɪ
preciosity
ˌprɛʃɪˈɒsɪtɪ
prodigiosity
prəˌdɪdʒɪˈɒsɪtɪ
religiosity
rɪˌlɪdʒɪˈɒsɪtɪ
speciosity
ˌspiːʃɪˈɒsɪtɪ
spuriosity
ˌspjʊərɪˈɒsɪtɪ
tediosity
ˌtiːdɪˈɒsɪtɪ
vitiosity
ˌvɪʃɪˈɒsɪtɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE OTIOSITY

otherworldliness
otherworldly
Othin
Othman
Othman I
Otho I
otic
otiose
otiosely
otioseness
otitic
otitis
otitis externa
otitis interna
otitis media
otocyst
otocystic
otolaryngological
otolaryngologist
otolaryngology

WORDS THAT END LIKE OTIOSITY

adiposity
animosity
fabulosity
generosity
glutinosity
heterozygosity
homozygosity
kinematic viscosity
luminosity
monstrosity
nebulosity
pomposity
porosity
scrupulosity
serosity
tuberosity
university
verbosity
virtuosity
viscosity
zygosity

Synonyms and antonyms of otiosity in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «otiosity» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF OTIOSITY

Find out the translation of otiosity to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of otiosity from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «otiosity» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

otiosity
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

otiosity
570 millions of speakers

English

otiosity
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

otiosity
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

otiosity
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

праздность
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

otiosity
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

কুড়েমি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

otiosity
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Keikhlasan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

otiosity
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

otiosity
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

otiosity
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Otiosity
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

otiosity
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

otiosity
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अवाजवीपणा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

otiosity
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

otiosity
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

otiosity
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

ледарство
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

otiosity
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

otiosity
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

nutteloos nie
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

otiosity
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

otiosity
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of otiosity

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «OTIOSITY»

The term «otiosity» is barely ever used and occupies the 195.545 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «OTIOSITY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «otiosity» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «otiosity» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about otiosity

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OTIOSITY»

Discover the use of otiosity in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to otiosity and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Everything Scrabble: Third Edition
had the great fortune to play OTIOSITY. In 1983, Chuck Armstrong [one of the top- rated players in the nation at the time] and I were sharing breakfast before a tournament. I told Chuck of my play of OTIOSITY. That day in the first round of the  ...
Joe Edley, John D. Williams, Jr., John Williams, 2009
2
The Best Words
—John Maynard Keyes, “Alternative Theories of the Rate of Interest,” 1937 The amusing paradox with these men of action is that they constantly have to endure long stretches of otiosity that they are unable to fill with anything, lacking as they ...
Robert Hartwell Fiske, 2011
3
The Inertia Variations
ANOMIC. OTIOSITY. Dulling my senses with baths, naps, Assorted languishings. For many years I have sat down to do the work That the world will be no worse off Without, - and I have not done the work, And the world is no worse off.
John Tottenham, 2005
4
The Rotarian
... a speaker. . . . — J. W. Moore Past Service New Orleans, La. It. Isn't. Rust. —. It's. Otiosity! So he quit (I never liked that word)! Did he ever "catch the spirit" or " turn the wheel"? He must have a name — why is he anonymous? Could it be that  ...
5
Observations on the Statutes of the Reformation Parliament: ...
As by the former Act, pasturage was restricted for the sake of tillage, so in this tillage was controlled for the benefit of linen-drapers, though ostensibly for the repression of otiosity, and the balance of trade. The Act recites that " The King, calling ...
Andrew Amos, 1859
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Origins: A Short Etymological Dictionary of Modern English
See OTIOSB, para 1. otic: LL 6ticus: Gr 6tikos, of the ous (gen 6tos) or ear, akin to L auris (7 for 'ausis), ear. otlose, otiosity, otiant; negotiable, uegotiant, negotiate, negotiation, negotiator. 1. L otium (s oti-, r 6t-), leisure, is 0.0.0. The derivative ...
Eric Partridge, 2006
7
The Trial of Alois Barda: The Saga of Uncommon Man
All living beings exist in a flux which moves up and down the evolutionary curve. We are on the upward slope. They are on the downward slope. Without us they would go down all the way.” “Are you on your otiosity kick again?” “Never left it.
Joseph Raphael, 2003
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The Birth of the Gods: The Origin of Primitive Beliefs
Among the societies with high gods, neither the number of communal specialties nor noncommunal specialties is related to the otiosity of these deities. It seems that specific purposes must be embodied in organized groups, not merely in ...
Guy E. Swanson, 1964
9
Bikmaus
Whatever value one may attribute to this opposition, we should not leave the subject, without appreciating also the positive content of the divine otiosity. The great work of the primal being is, from a human point of view, to have established the ...
‎1983
10
The Synonym Finder
slothfulness, acedia, laziness, idleness, indolence, faineance, do-nothingness, otiosity; unin- dustriousness, unenterprisingness, unambitiousness, want or lack of ambition or enterprise, nonag- gressiveness; listlessness, Dial, limpsiness, ...
Jerome Irving Rodale, 1978

8 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OTIOSITY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term otiosity is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Africa's Poverty is Africa's Problem
... or we could get off our comfortable derrières, exit the realms of otiosity, and sweat it out trying to build something solid and significant. After all ... «GhanaWeb, May 15»
2
Is Mahama Shaking From Nigeria Earthquake?
Indeed, it is daunting challenges that tease, provoke, and bestir people to rise from crepuscular doldrums of oblivion and otiosity to the refulgent ... «GhanaWeb, Apr 15»
3
Wolves 2 Boro 0 - Report, pictures and video highlights
otiosity. October 22, 2014 2:34 am. Delighted. Report abuse. Robert. October 22, 2014 7:32 am. Nice to get the 3 points but performance a ... «expressandstar.com, Oct 14»
4
What Does An Adventurer Do In His Time Off?
Between trips to Borneo, Kashmir/Ladakh and North Korea this summer I find myself with a month of otiosity. What to do? So, recognizing that ... «Huffington Post, Aug 12»
5
Howard Jacobson: I mean no disrespect to the uncircumcised, but …
And when did anybody who didn't have that unsightly otiosity wish he did? I know there are some out there in crazy.com who rage against what ... «The Independent, Jul 12»
6
The cute YouTube clip jumps over the famous pangram
... is not to convey meaning, not to represent dogs or foxes or speed or otiosity, but to serve as a typing exercise or demonstration of typography. «Globe and Mail, Oct 11»
7
TGS 2009 - Square Enix Booth: Live and In ColorSep 26th, 2009 at …
... this beautiful beast, the Playstation 3 must feel like it has reached a heavenly oasis after years wandering through a desert of relative otiosity. «Zam News, Sep 09»
8
St Barts: The French connection
Otiosity is the island's natural state. It is a place of lotus-eating leisure, paralysingly perfect, stupefyingly sensuous. There is, though, life beyond ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jan 04»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Otiosity [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/otiosity>. Apr 2024 ».
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