- obtuseness
- ob·tuse·ness
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obtuseness
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Obtuseness — Ob*tuse ness, n. State or quality of being obtuse. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
obtuseness — index ignorance, opacity Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
obtuseness — obtuse ► ADJECTIVE 1) annoyingly insensitive or slow to understand. 2) (of an angle) more than 90° and less than 180°. 3) not sharp pointed or sharp edged; blunt. DERIVATIVES obtusely adverb obtuseness noun. ORIGIN Latin obtusus, from obtundere… … English terms dictionary
obtuseness — noun see obtuse … New Collegiate Dictionary
obtuseness — See obtusely. * * * … Universalium
obtuseness — noun Something that is obtuse … Wiktionary
obtuseness — ob tuse·ness || É™b tuËsnɪs / tuËs n. state of being obtuse; stupidity; dullness; bluntness … English contemporary dictionary
obtuseness — n. 1. Bluntness. 2. Dulness, stupidity, stolidity, doltishness, obtusion, obtusity. 3. Dulness, obscurity … New dictionary of synonyms
obtuseness — noun 1. the quality of being slow to understand • Syn: ↑dullness • Derivationally related forms: ↑obtuse, ↑dull (for: ↑dullness) • Hypernyms: ↑stupidity … Useful english dictionary
dullness — noun 1. the quality of being slow to understand • Syn: ↑obtuseness • Derivationally related forms: ↑obtuse (for: ↑obtuseness), ↑dull • Hypernyms: ↑stupi … Useful english dictionary
