[ɒbˈtjuːs], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- annoyingly slow to understand; dull-witted
(e.g: he wondered if the doctor was being deliberately obtuse)

- (of an angle) more than 90° and less than 180°
(e.g: an obtuse angle of 150°)

- not sharp-pointed or sharp-edged; blunt
(e.g: it had strange obtuse teeth)


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Origin:
late Middle English (in obtuse): from Latin obtusus, past participle of obtundere ‘beat against’ (see obtund)