Definition of Obtse
Ob*tuse" (?). a.
[Compar. Obtuser (&?;);
superl. Obtusest.] [L. obtusus, p. p.
of obtundere to blunt: cf. F. obtus. See
Obtund.] 1. Not pointed or acute; blunt;
-- applied esp. to angles greater than a right angle, or containing
more than ninety degrees.
2. Not having acute sensibility or
perceptions; dull; stupid; as, obtuse senses.
Milton.
3. Dull; deadened; as, obtuse
sound. Johnson.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- Intellectually dull or dim-witted.
- Of sound, deadened or muffled.
- Blunt, not sharp.
- (geometry) Of an angle, greater than 90 degrees but less than 180 degrees.
- (geometry) Of a triangle, obtuse-angled.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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