What does otiant mean?
Otiant means (rare) At ease, at leisure; idling, indolent..
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/ˈoʊ.ʃi.ənt/ · adjective
(rare) At ease, at leisure; idling, indolent..
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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Otiant means (rare) At ease, at leisure; idling, indolent..
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They […] who relegate the Supreme to the otiant ease of Epicurus, cut the nerves of moral obligation.
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