English

Noun

obtusity ‎(countable and uncountable, plural obtusities)

1. obtuseness
   • 1848, [Rigby, Elizabeth.] "Vanity Fair--and Jane Eyre." London Quarterly Review, December 1848.

     Some ladies would have thought it high time to leave the Squire alone with his chestnut tree; or, at all events, unnecessary to keep up that tone of high-souled feminine obtusity which they are quite justified in adopting if the gentlemen will not speak out—but Jane again does neither.

Usage notes

Much less common than standard obtuseness.

Synonyms

• obtuseness

References

• obtusity in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• obtusity at OneLook Dictionary Search