adj. & v.
adj. 1 (of a knife, pencil, etc.) lacking in sharpness; having a worn-down point or edge. 2 (of a person or manner) direct, uncompromising, outspoken.
v.tr. make blunt or less sharp. bluntly adv. (in sense 2 of adj.). bluntness n.
[ ME perh. f. Scand.: cf. ON blunda shut the eyes ]