Vocabularium

I feel a bit like this today (definition #1, by the way).

otiose (o·ti·ose): / OH shee ohs | OH tee ohs /
adjective

(1) idle; being at leisure; indolent; lazy
(2) futile; ineffective; producing no useful result
(3) useless; worthless; superfluous; functionless

[From Latin otiosus meaning “at leisure, idle,” from Latin otium meaning “leisure.”]

Usage: Days like today with wintry precipitation always make me feel otiose because I want to enjoy the weather more than anything else.

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