Word of the Day 7/9/13
Did I stump you with yesterday's word? I'll try not to do that again, but I couldn't resist when the word arrived in my email.
So...on to today's word.
Obtuse (adjective)
ob·tuse [uhb-toos, -tyoos]
adjective
1. not quick or alert in perception, feeling, or intellect; not sensitive or observant; dull.
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.
Synonyms
1. unfeeling, tactless, insensitive; blind, imperceptive, unobservant; gauche, boorish; slow, dim.
Origin: 1500-10; < Latin obtūsus dulled (past participle of obtundere ), equivalent to ob- ob- + tūd-, variant stem of tundere to beat + -tus past participle suffix, with dt > s
Now YOU come up with a sentence (or fic? or graphic?) that best illustrates the word.
So...on to today's word.
Obtuse (adjective)
ob·tuse [uhb-toos, -tyoos]
adjective
1. not quick or alert in perception, feeling, or intellect; not sensitive or observant; dull.
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.
Synonyms
1. unfeeling, tactless, insensitive; blind, imperceptive, unobservant; gauche, boorish; slow, dim.
Origin: 1500-10; < Latin obtūsus dulled (past participle of obtundere ), equivalent to ob- ob- + tūd-, variant stem of tundere to beat + -tus past participle suffix, with dt > s
Now YOU come up with a sentence (or fic? or graphic?) that best illustrates the word.