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obtuseness|əbˈtjuːsnɪs| [f. as prec. + -ness.] The quality of being obtuse, bluntness, want of sharpness; usually in fig. sense: Dullness of feeling, apprehension, etc.; defective sensibility, stupidity.
1648W. Jenkyn Blind Guide iv. 104 The obtusenesse of the distinction. 1761Sterne Tr. Shandy III. xl. (Jod.), Nor did this arise from any insensibility, or obtuseness of his intellectual parts. 1890H. Ellis Criminal iii. 119 Gustatory obtuseness. |