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Want of edge or point; dullness; obtuseness; want of sharpness.

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  1. n. Want of edge or point; dullness; obtuseness; want of sharpness.
  2. n. Abruptness of address; rude plainness.
  3. n. the quality of being direct and outspoken
  4. n. without sharpness or clearness of edge or point
  5. 1. Want of edge or point; dullness; obtuseness; want of sharpness. The multitude of elements and bluntness of angles. Holland. 2. A bruptness of address; rude plainness. "Bluntness of speech." Boyle.
  6. n:100 n. the quality of being direct and outspoken