a. [ Gr. &unr_;, fr.
prop. n. A suborder of terrestrial game birds of the Old World and Australia, including the bustards.
prop. n. A family of birds related to the cranes, most of which are large and ground-running, and comprising the bustards.
a. [ L. otiosus, fr. otium ease. ] Being at leisure or ease; unemployed; indolent; idle. “Otiose assent.” Paley. [ 1913 Webster ]
The true keeping of the Sabbath was not that otiose and unprofitable cessation from even good deeds which they would enforce. Alford. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. otiositas. ] Leisure; indolence; idleness; ease. [ R. ] Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖prop. n. [ L., a kind of bustard, Gr. &unr_;. ] (Zool.) A genus of birds including certain of the bustards. [ 1913 Webster ]
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