How to pronounce“obtuse”in English
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Definitions of “obtuse”
Blunt; not sharp, pointed, or acute in form.
“For we see a Feather or a Rush drawn along the Lip or Cheek, doth tickle; whereas a thing more obtuse, or a touch more hard, doth not.”
Blunt; not sharp, pointed, or acute in form.
“The Herb Pantagruelion hath a little Root somewhat hard and ruff, roundish, terminating in an obtuse and very blunt Point, and having some of its Veins, Strings or Filaments coloured with some spots of white, […]”
To dull or reduce an emotion or a physical state.
“Fouler. To tread, ſtampe, or trample on; to bruiſe, or cruſh, by ſtamping; hurt, or obtuſe, by treading on; […]”
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