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Webster 1913 Edition


Dullness

Dull′ness

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Noun.
The state of being dull; slowness; stupidity; heaviness; drowsiness; bluntness; obtuseness; dimness; want of luster; want of vividness, or of brightness.
[Written also
dulness
.]
And gentle
dullness
ever loves a joke.
Pope.

Webster 1828 Edition


Dullness

DULLNESS

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Noun.
1.
Stupidity; slowness of comprehension; weakness of intellect; indocility; as the dullness of a student.
2.
Want of quick perception or eager desire.
3.
Heaviness; drowsiness; inclination to sleep.
4.
Heaviness; disinclination to motion.
5.
Sluggishness; slowness.
6.
Dimness; want of clearness or luster.
7.
Bluntness; want of edge.
8.
Want of brightness or vividness; as dullness of color.

Definition 2024


dullness

dullness

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Noun

dullness (usually uncountable, plural dullnesses)

  1. The quality of being slow to understand things.
  2. The quality of being uninteresting.
  3. The lack of visual brilliance.
  4. (of an edge) bluntness.

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