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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

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Obtuser

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erl.

Obtusest

[L.

obtusus

, p. p. of

obtundere

to blunt: cf. F.

obtus

. See

Not pointed or acute; blunt; – applied esp. to angles greater than a right angle, or containing more than ninety degrees.

Not having acute sensibility or perceptions; not alert, especially to the feelings of others; dull; stupid;

as,

obtuse

senses

Milton.

Dull; deadened;

as,

obtuse

sound

Johnson.

Adj.

[L. obtusus, from obtundo, to beat against.]

Blunt; not pointed or acute. Applied to angles, it denotes one that is larger than a right angle, or more than ninety degrees.

Dull; not having acute sensibility; as obtuse senses.

Not sharp or shrill; dull; obscure; as obtuse sound.