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ˈbluntish, a.|ˈblʌntɪʃ|
[f. blunt a. + -ish.]
Rather blunt, somewhat blunt.
1578T. Procter Gorg. Gallery in Heliconia I. 182 To Bluntish blocks I see I doo complayne. 1713Derham Phys. Theol. To Rdr. 5 He hath represented it as tubular, or bluntish at the Top. 1880Watson in Jrnl. Linn. Soc. XV. 99 Apex bluntish, and a little obliquely rounded.
Hence ˈbluntishness.
1691Wood Ath. Oxon. (1815) II. 582 An honest bluntishness, far from court insinuation. |