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1. Maths a. (of an angle) lying between 90? and 180? b. (of a triangle) having one interior angle greater than 90? 2. (of a leaf or similar flat part) having a rounded or blunt tip obtuse [äb′tüs] (botany) Of a leaf, having a blunt or rounded free end. Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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No references found | This intuitive approach, nearer to method acting than ventriloquism, may be the most prescient way to represent someone as trapped in his own neural synapses as Dick, someone so far from endorsement by the people who would later lay claims to his work that he could stand as a monument to the culture's obtusity. In 1777, a year after his obtusity provoked many of his North American colonies to revolt, he was persuaded by the Royal Academy to make a grant to a bricklayer's son so that the young man could spend three years in Italy to study the best models of architecture. |
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