Obtusity
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 obtuseness countable, uncountable
"Some ladies would have thought it high time to leave the Squire alone with his chestnut tree; or, at all events, unnecessary to keep up that tone of high-souled feminine obtusity which they are quite justified in adopting if the gentlemen will not speak out—but Jane again does neither."
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More examples"Some ladies would have thought it high time to leave the Squire alone with his chestnut tree; or, at all events, unnecessary to keep up that tone of high-souled feminine obtusity which they are quite justified in adopting if the gentlemen will not speak out—but Jane again does neither."
Etymology
From obtuse + -ity, from Latin obtusitas.
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