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‖ otium|ˈəʊʃɪəm|
The Latin word for ‘leisure, freedom from business, ease’, in occasional English use; esp. in the phrase otium cum dignitate, leisure with dignity, dignified leisure or ease.
1729Bolingbroke Let. to Swift 19 Nov. in Pope's Wks. 1751 IX. 110 Otium cum dignitate is to be had with 500l. a year as well as with 5000. 1815Chalmers Let. in Life (1851) II. 21 A life of intellectual leisure, with the otium of literary pursuits. 1820Scott Monast. Introd., Intending there to lead my future life in the otium cum dignitate of half-pay and annuity. 1849Thackeray Pendennis lxviii, Mr. Morgan was enjoying his otium in a dignified manner, surveying the evening fog, and smoking a cigar. |