Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Obtusest"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Obtuse \Ob*tuse"\ a. [Compar. {Obtuser}; superl. {Obtusest}.]
[L. obtusus, p. p. of obtundere to blunt: cf. F. obtus. See
{Obtund}.]
1. Not pointed or acute; blunt; -- applied esp. to angles
greater than a right angle, or containing more than ninety
degrees.
2. Not having acute sensibility or perceptions; dull; stupid;
as, obtuse senses. --Milton.
3. Dull; deadened; as, obtuse sound. --Johnson.
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