OBTUSE


Meaning of OBTUSE in English

adj.1 dull-witted; slow to understand.

2 of blunt form; not sharp-pointed or sharp-edged.

3 (of an angle) more than 90° and less than 180°.

4 (of pain or the senses) dull; not acute.

Derivatives:

obtusely adv. obtuseness n. obtusity n.

Etymology: L obtusus past part. (as OBTUND)

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.