otiosity
nounUK /ˌəʊ.ʃi(ː)ˈɒs.ə.ti/ · US /ˌoʊ.ʃiˈɑs.ə.ti/
Etymology From otiose + -ity, from Middle French ociosité, from Latin otiositas, from Latin otiosus + -itas (“-ity”).
1
The state or quality of being otiose.
- There is no doubt that the ordinary reader would enjoy, and he certainly would profit much by, a revival of the classic work—if only he did not fall asleep over its magniloquent but perissological otiosity.1908, Charles Francis Horne, The Technique of the Novel, page 126:
- Synonyms
- idleness, remoteness, aloofness, futility