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unobtuse en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English obtuse English unobtuse From un- + obtuse.

Meanings

  1. (rare) Not obtuse
    • For Phoebe ever reddens in the wind : A fourth time risen, then surest monitress, If she with unobtuse and unblench'd horn illuminates her path . . . "Virgil" translated by Charles R Kennedy 1861

Forms

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more unobtuse Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most unobtuse Degree=Sup lexicographic