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obtuse 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. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| We do well to worship God in His works; and I know none of them in which so many of His attributes--so much of His own spirit shines, as in this His faithful servant; whom to know and not to appreciate, were obtuse insensibility in me, who have so little else to occupy my heart. I was now seeing David once at least every week, his mother, who remained culpably obtuse to my sinister design, having instructed Irene that I was to be allowed to share him with her, and we had become close friends, though the little nurse was ever a threatening shadow in the background. I may be very obtuse, Holmes, but I fail to see what this suggests. |
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