From en.wiktionary.org:
** English
[2018]
*** Etymology
[en] From [en], from [en], [past tense] [participle] of [la], from [la], from
[la] (see [en]) + [la] (ultimately from [en], from [ine-pro]). More at [en].
*** Pronunciation
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
*** Adjective
[er]
1. [en] [en] ; not sharp, pointed, or acute in form.
2. * [en]
3. * [en]
4. * [en]
1. [en] Blunt, or rounded at the extremity.
2. * [en]
3. [en] Larger than one, and smaller than two right angles, or more than 90° and less than 180°.
4. * [en]
5. * [en]
6. * [en]
7. * [en]
8. [en] [en] , having an obtuse angle.
9. * [en]
5. Intellectually dull or dim-witted .
6. * [en]
7. * [passage=When the elder Osborne gave what he called "a hint," there was no possibility for the most OBTUSE to mistake his meaning. He called kicking a footman downstairs a hint to the latter to leave his service.]
8. * [en]
9. Of sound , etc.: deadened , muffled , muted .
10. * [chapter=Dynamilogia Pharmaceutica. Or The Whole Use, of All Simples and Compounds Contained in the _London Dispensatory_ , with the Diseases Cured by Them in Alphabetical Order: Together with the Doses and Formes of All Kinds of Remedies.]
11. * [en]
12. [en] Indirect or circuitous .
13. * [en]
**** Synonyms
- [intellectually dull] [en] , [en] , [en] , [en] [informal]
- [of a sound] [en] , [en]
- [of a triangle] [en]
- [now chiefly botany, zoology] [en] , [en]
**** Antonyms
- [intellectually dull] bright , intelligent , on the ball , quick off the mark , quick-witted , sharp , smart
- [deadened, muffled, muted] [en] , [en]
- [of an angle] [en]
- [of a triangle] [en] , [en]
- [now chiefly botany, zoology] [en] , [en]
**** Derived terms
{{col4|en | obtuse horn shell|obtuse-angled triangle|obtuse-angular
|obtuseness |obtusely |unobtuse |subobtuse |nonobtuse |obtusity }}
{{col3|en|title=Compound words and expressions |obtuse triangle |obtuse
angle,obtuse-angled |[obtuse barracuda] ([Sphyraena obtusata]) |[obtuse
demoulia] ([Demoulia obtusata]) |obtuse margin |[obtuse sedge] ([Carex
obtusata]) |[obtuse starwort] ([Stellaria obtusa]) |[obtuse wattle] ([Acacia
obtusata]) }}
**** Related terms
[en] [en]
**** Translations
[not sharp, pointed, or acute in form]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Chinese:
- Czech: [cs]
- Esperanto: [eo]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi]
- Maori: [mi]
- Ottoman Turkish: [ota]
- Polish: [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Slovak: [sk]
[trans-bottom]
[botany, zoology: blunt]
- Armenian: [hy]
- Dutch: [nl]
- Esperanto: [eo]
- Finnish: [fi]
- German: [de]
- Greek: [el]
- Macedonian: [mk]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru]
- Spanish: [es] , [es]
- Swedish: [sv] , [sv]
[trans-bottom]
[geometry: larger than 90° but less than 180°]
- Armenian: [hy]
- Asturian: [ast]
- Belarusian: [be]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Burmese: [my]
- Catalan: [ca]
- Central Melanau: [mel] , [mel]
- Chinese:
- Czech: [cs]
- Esperanto: [eo]
- Estonian: [et] , [et]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr]
- Galician: [gl]
- German: [de]
- Greek: [el]
- Hungarian: [hu]
- Iban: [iba]
- Ingrian: [izh]
- Italian: [it]
- Japanese: [ja]
- Khmer: [km]
- Lithuanian: [lt]
- Macedonian: [mk]
- Malay: [ms]
- Maori: [mi]
- Mongolian: [mn]
- Navajo: [nv]
- Norwegian: [no]
- Polish: [pl] , [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Romanian: [ro]
- Russian: [ru]
- Slovak: [sk]
- Slovene: [sl]
- Spanish: [es]
- Swedish: [sv]
- Tagalog: [tl]
- Ukrainian: [uk]
[trans-bottom]
[having an obtuse angle]
[intellectually dull]
- Armenian: [hy]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Catalan: [ca]
- Chinese:
- Czech: [cs] , [cs] , [cs]
- Dutch: [nl]
- Esperanto: [eo] , [eo]
- Estonian: [et] , [et] , [et]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi]
- French: [fr]
- Galician: [gl]
- Georgian: [ka] , [ka] , [ka]
- German: [de] , [de] , [de] , [de]
- Greek: [el] , [el]
- Icelandic: [is] , [is]
- Italian: [it]
- Macedonian: [mk] , [mk] , [mk]
- Norwegian:
- Portuguese: [pt] , [pt] , [pt]
- Romanian: [ro]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru]
- Slovak: [sk]
- Spanish: [es]
- Swedish: [sv] , [sv] , [sv]
[trans-bottom]
[deadened, muffled, muted]
- Chinese:
- Dutch: [nl]
- Esperanto: [eo] , [eo]
- Estonian: [et] , [et] , [et] , [et]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi]
- French: [fr]
- German: [de] , [de] , [de] , [de] , [de] , [de] , [de]
- Icelandic: [is]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Romanian: [ro]
- Russian: [ru]
- Swedish: [sv]
[trans-bottom]
[indirect or circuitous]
- Esperanto: [eo]
- Estonian: [et]
- Finnish: [fi]
- German: [de] , [de] , [de]
[trans-bottom]
*** Verb
[en-verb]
1. [en] To dull or reduce an emotion or a physical state .
2. * [entry=Fouler]
3. * [en]
4. * [en]
5. * [en]
**** Translations
[to dull or reduce an emotion or a physical state]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Esperanto: [eo]
- Slovak: [sk] , [sk]
[trans-bottom]
*** Further reading
- [obtuse]
- [R:Century 1911]
- [R:Webster 1913]
- [R:OneLook]
*** Anagrams
- [en]
** French
*** Pronunciation
- [optuse]
- [fr]
- [fr]
*** Adjective
[fr]
1. [fr]
*** Anagrams
- [fr]
** Latin
*** Adjective
[la]
1. [la]
*** References
- [R:L&S]
- [R:Gaffiot]