Category:Obtuse

Ob*tuse". a. [compar. Obtuser (superl. Obtusest.] Etym: [l. Obtusus, p.p. of obtundere to blunt: cf. F. obtus. See obtund.]

1. Not pointed or acute; blunt; -- applied esp. to angles greater Than a right angle, or containing more than ninety degrees.

2. Not having acute sensibility or perceptions; dull; stupid; as, Obtuse senses. Milton.

3. Dull; deadened; as, obtuse sound. Johnson.