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Otiosity

//ˌəʊ.ʃi(ː)ˈɒs.ə.ti// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The state or quality of being otiose. countable, uncountable

    "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."

Etymology

From otiose + -ity, from Middle French ociosité, from Latin otiositas, from Latin otiosus + -itas (“-ity”).

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