OBI-USE - what you need to do with an untied kimono
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09/27/2026 10:14 PM
OBTUSE
PRONUNCIATION: (uhb-TOOS/TYOOS)
MEANING: adjective:
1. Slow or unwilling to understand.
2. Dull or indistinct, as a sound, pain, or sensation.
3. Blunt; not sharp or pointed.
4. Of an angle: measuring more than 90° and less than 180°.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin obtundere (to beat against), from ob- (against) + tundere (to beat), which also gave us pierce, contuse, and obtund. Earliest documented use: 1425.
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MOBTUSE - rioters, thinking mindlessly
OBTASE - the enzyme that helps digest OBT
OBIT-USE - transmission of coded messages via death notices
