Entry: otiose (adj.)
In context: "Pemulis, w/aid of 150 mg. of time-release Tenuate Dospan, almost dance a little post-transaction jig on his way up the steps of the otiose Cambridge bus..."
Definition: Here:
At leisure; at rest; idle; inactive; indolent, lazy.
but also:
Of belief, principle, thought, etc.: having no practical result; unfruitful, sterile; futile, pointless.
Other:
SNOOT score: 2
Page:216
Source: Oxford English Dictionary
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