Meaning of otiant | Babel Free

Definitions

1. At ease, at leisure; idling, indolent.
   rare
2. Having no force or sound, like the l in would.
   especially, obsolete

Examples

“They […] who relegate the Supreme to the otiant ease of Epicurus, cut⟳ the nerves of moral obligation.”

“"You will see⟳ a new kind of country, soft of voice, otiant of manner, dressed in purple, and gray and blue. When you see⟳ you will think⟳ of the dateless leisure of Olympus. You will contrast it sharply with the Piedmont. One look⟳ at these gnarled old oaks and red-blooded hills[…]”

“Some letters are otiant in Modern Syriac, being generally, if not always, those retained for the sake of etymology, […]”

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