What does "obtuse" mean?
Obtuse: Not having acute sensibility or perceptions; dull; stupid; as, obtuse senses. Milton.
Additional senses
- 2.Dull; deadened; as, obtuse sound. Johnson.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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