Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - blunt
Blunt
blunt
adj. & v. --adj. 1 (of a knife, pencil, etc.) lacking in sharpness; having a worn-down point or edge. 2 (of a person or manner) direct, uncompromising, outspoken. --v.tr. make blunt or less sharp. Derivatives bluntly adv. (in sense 2 of adj.). bluntness n. Etymology: ME perh. f. Scand.: cf. ON blunda shut the eyes
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I. adjective Etymology: Middle English Date: 13th century 1. slow or deficient in feeling ; insensitive, obtuse in understanding or discernment ; dull, having an edge or point that is not sharp , 3. abrupt in speech or manner, being straight to the point ; direct, see: dull ~ly adverb ~ness noun II. verb Date: 14th century transitive verb to make less sharp, definite, or forceful, intransitive verb to become ~, III. noun Etymology: ~ a short, thick cigar, from 1~ Date: 1990 a cigar that has been hollowed out and filled with marijuana ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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