单词 | obtuse |
释义 | obtuse —obtusely, adv. —obtuseness, n. /euhb toohs", -tyoohs"/, adj. 1. not quick or alert in perception, feeling, or intellect; not sensitive or observant; dull. 2. not sharp, acute, or pointed; blunt in form. 3. (of a leaf, petal, etc.) rounded at the extremity. 4. indistinctly felt or perceived, as pain or sound. [1500-10; < L obtusus dulled (ptp. of obtundere), equiv. to ob- OB- + tud-, var. s. of tundere to beat + -tus ptp. suffix, with dt > s] Syn. 1. unfeeling, tactless, insensitive; blind, imperceptive, unobservant; gauche, boorish; slow, dim. |
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