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obtuse/əbˈtjuːs/
▶adjective
- 1 annoyingly insensitive or slow to understand.
- 2 (of an angle) more than 90° and less than 180°.
- 3 not sharp-pointed or sharp-edged; blunt.
– derivatives
obtusely adverb,
obtuseness noun,
obtusity noun.
obtusely adverb,
obtuseness noun,
obtusity noun.
– origin ME: from L. obtusus, obtundere, from ob- ‘against’ + tundere ‘to beat’.
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