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.
Derivatives:
bluntly adv. (in sense 2 of adj.). bluntness n.
Etymology: ME perh. f. Scand.: cf. ON blunda shut the eyes