otiose March 28, 2020 « Back to Glossary Index : being at leisure or ease : idle, unemployed 2 : without profit : sterile, futile <an otiose undertaking> 3 : lacking use or effect : functionless <otiose letters in an alphabet> <otiose lines in a play> Facebook Twitter Email Linkedin Related Articles: Asserting One’s Bona FidesThe Glossary of Useful Words 17: 'otiose'When the Germans Take Ownership of Foreign Onomastics« Back to Glossary Index
