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Definition of: obtuse
(əb·t
s′, -tys′) adjective
1. Bot. Blunt or rounded at the extremity, as a leaf or petal: opposed to acute.
2. Dull intellectually or emotionally; stupid; insensible.
3. Heavy, dull, and indistinct, as a sound. See synonyms under BLUNT. [<L obtusus blunt, dulled, orig. pp. of obtundere. See OBTUND.]
—ob·tuse′ly adverb
—ob·tuse′ness noun
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