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05-04-2015, 12:21 PM
\ uhb-TOOS \ , adjective;
1.
Not quick or alert in perception, feeling, or intellect.
2.
Not sharp, acute, or pointed; blunt in form.
3.
(Of a leaf, petal, etc.) rounded at the extremity.
4.
Indistinctly felt or perceived, as pain or sound.
Quotes:
"Excuse me?" Rose says, giving me the look I deserve, given the obtuse nature of my invitation.
-- David Sosnowski, Vamped
That was always your failing. Too obtuse. Never able quite to get to the point. Or to make people realise when you have got there.
-- Paul House, Dust Before the Wind
He tried to collect his newspaper from under her while asking, “Then why did you ask me that obtuse question?”
-- Shelly Hancock, Entertaining Jonathan
Origin:
Obtuse comes from the Latin word tundere which meant "to beat" and the prefix ob- meaning "against" because it referred to the process of beating metal until it was dull.
1.
Not quick or alert in perception, feeling, or intellect.
2.
Not sharp, acute, or pointed; blunt in form.
3.
(Of a leaf, petal, etc.) rounded at the extremity.
4.
Indistinctly felt or perceived, as pain or sound.
Quotes:
"Excuse me?" Rose says, giving me the look I deserve, given the obtuse nature of my invitation.
-- David Sosnowski, Vamped
That was always your failing. Too obtuse. Never able quite to get to the point. Or to make people realise when you have got there.
-- Paul House, Dust Before the Wind
He tried to collect his newspaper from under her while asking, “Then why did you ask me that obtuse question?”
-- Shelly Hancock, Entertaining Jonathan
Origin:
Obtuse comes from the Latin word tundere which meant "to beat" and the prefix ob- meaning "against" because it referred to the process of beating metal until it was dull.