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Definition obtuse
Etymology
From Middle French obtus (“obtuse (geometry); narrow-minded, obtuse; boring, dull, lifeless”), from Latin obt?sus (“blunt, dull; obtuse”), past participle of obtundere, from obtund? (“to batter, beat, strike; to blunt, dull”), from ob- (“prefix meaning against”) (see ob-) + tund? (“to beat, strike; to bruise, crush, pound”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewd-, from *(s)tew- (“to hit; to push”)).
Adjective
obtuse (comparative obtuser or more obtuse, superlative obtusest or most obtuse)
- (now chiefly botany, zoology) Blunt; not sharp, pointed, or acute in form.
- Intellectually dull or dim-witted.
- Of sound, etc.: deadened, muffled, muted.
- Indirect or circuitous.
Verb
obtuse (third-person singular simple present obtuses, present participle obtusing, simple past and past participle obtused)
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