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10. Otiose

What is the meaning of the adjective otiose?

A) Disgusting
B) Having large ears
C) Serving no purpose ü
D) Unmarried

Otiose derives from the Latin otium, meaning leisure, and has sometimes been used in the secondary sense of “indolent” or “idle”. You can pronounce it either “oh-tee-ose” or “oh-she-ose”, but the latter is definitely more high-faluting, and if you’re going to use a word like otiose you might as well go whole hog.

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