单词 | otiosity |
释义 | otiosityn. 1. The condition or state of being unoccupied or inactive; ease; idleness, laziness; redundancy, ineffectuality. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > [noun] restingOE leisure13.. voidnessa1382 remissionc1384 vacationc1386 ease1393 otiosity1483 holiday1526 otiation1589 idlesse1596 vacance1610 playa1616 vacancya1616 remissness1624 recess1644 otium cum dignitate1729 dolce far niente1814 disoccupation1834 otium1850 non-work1855 kef1864 toillessness1877 the world > action or operation > inaction > idleness, lack of occupation or activity > [noun] idlea1000 idlenessc1000 emptinessOE idlelaikc1175 idleheada1325 idleship1357 otiosity1483 idlehoodc1540 idleteth1584 idleset1591 fallownessa1594 vacantry1598 vacancy1615 lurgy1769 inanity1782 inoccupation1783 vacuity1817 1483 W. Caxton tr. Caton sig. Cijv By ouerlonge reste and ociosyte been gendred or goten..thre grete synnes..auaryce, lecherye, and ouer moche talkynge. 1532–3 Act 24 Hen. VIII c. 4 The people..liue nowe in idlenesse and ociositee. 1584–9 J. Maxwall Commonpl. Bk. f. 96 Thairfoir..flie ociositie. 1848 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair lx. 542 A life of dignified otiosity such as became a person of his eminence. 1866 S. Brooks Sooner or Later i The happy otiosity enjoyed by the million. 1939 Philos. Rev. 48 60 This dyadic fallacy may be the main ground of the otiosity of the traditional logic through the many centuries of its reign. 1991 Independent 1 Nov. 36/8 That some of this lessening has to do with food is incidental; it is far more important that I control the mind and the habits that have led to otiosity and excess. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > sloth or laziness > [noun] sleuthc888 sweernessc888 slacknessc897 unlustOE aswolkenessc1000 slothc1175 sweeringa1300 sloth-head1303 unlusthead1340 nicetya1387 sluggardy1390 sluggardness1398 nicehead1440 musardryc1450 slugnessc1450 lashness1477 sweerdomc1480 truantness1483 passibilityc1485 sleuthfulness1488 sluggardry1513 slothfulness1526 sluggardise1532 luskishness1538 desidiousnessa1540 ocivity1550 restiness?c1550 niceness1557 laziness1580 easinessa1586 poltroonery1590 facility1615 pigritude1623 pigrity1623 otiosity1632 easefulnessa1639 dronishness1674 reasiness1679 indolence1710 accidity1730 indolency1741 lurgy1769 donothingness1814 far niente1819 oisivity1830 donothingism1839 dronage1846 lotus-eating1852 faineance1853 faineancy1854 bummerism1858 lazyhood1866 bone-laziness1875 sleevelessness1882 bummery1887 sluggardliness1977 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. v. 172 A Towne..of small importance, in regard of..trafficke..: Want of Strangers being one let, and vitious otiosity the other stop. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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