otiosenessn.
/ˈəʊtɪəʊsnəs/, /ˈəʊʃɪəʊsnəs/, /ˈəʊtɪəʊznəs/, /ˈəʊʃɪəʊznəs/, U.S. /ˈoʊdiˌoʊznəs/, /ˈoʊʃiˌoʊznəs/, /ˈoʊdiˌoʊsnəs/, /ˈoʊʃiˌoʊsnəs/ Redundancy; futility.
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the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > [noun] > uselessness or needlessness
needlessness1607
otioseness1834
1834 Monthly Repository May 379 When we cast one eye on the laboriousness, the usefulness, and the salaries of the bench of judges, and the other eye on the otioseness, the unprofitableness, and the emoluments of the bench of bishops, we feel inclined to ask, [etc.].
1867 Macmillan's Mag. Apr. 523/1 They complain of otioseness of letters in some words, of inadequacy in others.
1912 in G. S. Gordon Eng. Lit. & Classics iv. 106 That easy agility, dexterous sweetness and smoothness, in which Philostratus and his peers might boast to have renewed—always bating the otioseness of their matter—the glories of Plato and Xenophon.
1950 Mind 59 206 This plots the particular degree of the peculiar kind of otioseness mentioned in the description of 4.
1987 Amer. Lit. 59 279 The author dutifully cites..Paul de Man on the otioseness of considering ‘the actual and historical existence of writers’.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.1834- wintry mix
- winwin situation
- winx
- winy
- winyard
- winze
- winzes
- win–win
- wip
- wipard
- wipe
- wipe a person's eye
- wipe a person's nose
- wipe an esp a smile off a person's or one's face
- wipe an expression off a person's or one's face
- wipe off a person's or one's face
- wipe off the map
- wipe off the slate
- wipe one's boots on
- wipe one's hands of
- wipe one's lips of
- wipe one's nose on one's sleeve
- wipe one's nose with one's sleeve
- wipe the floor with
- wipe the ground with