obtuse
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Latin obtusus, past participle of obtundere (“to strike at or upon, beat, blunt, dull”), from ob (“upon”) + tundere (“to strike”).
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Adjective
obtuse (comparative obtuser or more obtuse, superlative obtusest or most obtuse)
- (now chiefly botany, zoology) Blunt; not sharp.
- Intellectually dull or dim-witted.
- Indirect or circuitous.
- Of sound: deadened or muffled.
- (geometry) Of an angle: greater than 90 degrees but less than 180 degrees.
- (geometry) Of a triangle: with one obtuse angle.
[edit] Synonyms
- (intellectually dull): dense, dim, dim-witted, thick (informal)
- (of a sound): deadened, muffled
- (blunt): blunt, dull
- (of a triangle): obtuse-angled
[edit] Antonyms
- (intellectually dull): bright, intelligent, on the ball, quick off the mark, quick-witted, sharp, smart
- (of a sound): clear
- (blunt): pointed, sharp
- (of an angle): acute
- (of a triangle): acute, acute-angled
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[edit] Translations
botany, zoology: blunt
intellectually dull
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indirect or circuitous
of a sound: deadened or mufled
of an angle
of a triangle — see obtuse-angled
[edit] External links
- obtuse in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- obtuse in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- obtuse at OneLook Dictionary Search
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- For examples of the usage of this term see the citations page.
[edit] French
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[edit] Adjective
obtuse f.
- feminine of obtus
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[edit] Latin
[edit] Adjective
obtūse
- vocative masculine singular of obtūsus
