OBTUSE

obtuse. obtuse, dull or blunt:

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obtuse. Obtuse, a. not pointed, blunt, dull, flat, heavy

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Ob‐tuse″ (?). a. [Compar. Obtuser (�); superl. Obtusest.] [[L. obtusus, p. p. of obtundere to blunt: cf. F. obtus. See Obtund.]] 1. 1. Not pointed or acute; blunt; — applied esp. to angles greater than a right angle, or containing more than ninety degrees.
2. 2. Not having acute sensibility or perceptions; dull; stupid; as, obtuse senses. Milton.
3. 3. Dull; deadened; as, obtuse sound. Johnson.