Obtrusionist
(Ob*tru"sion*ist), n. One who practices or excuses obtrusion. [R.] Gent. Mag.
Obtrusive
(Ob*tru"sive) a. Disposed to obtrude; inclined to intrude or thrust one's self or one's opinions
upon others, or to enter uninvited; forward; pushing; intrusive. — Ob*tru"sive*ly, adv. - - Ob*tru"sive*ness,
n.
Not obvious, not obtrusive, but retired.
Milton. Obtund
(Ob*tund") v. t. [imp. & p. p. Obtunded; p. pr. & vb. n. Obtunding.] [L. obtundere, obtusum;
ob (see Ob-) + tundere to strike or beat. See Stutter.] To reduce the edge, pungency, or violent
action of; to dull; to blunt; to deaden; to quell; as, to obtund the acrimony of the gall. [Archaic] Harvey.
They . . . have filled all our law books with the obtunding story of their suits and trials.
Milton. Obtundent
(Ob*tund"ent) n. [L. obtundens, p. pr. of obtundere.] (Med.) A substance which sheathes
a part, or blunts irritation, usually some bland, oily, or mucilaginous matter; — nearly the same as demulcent.
Forsyth.
Obtunder
(Ob*tund"er) n. (Med.) That which obtunds or blunts; especially, that which blunts sensibility.
Obturation
(Ob`tu*ra"tion) n. [L. obturare to stop up: cf.F. obturation.] The act of stopping up, or closing,
an opening. "Deaf by an outward obturation." Bp. Hall.
Obturator
(Ob"tu*ra`tor) n. [NL., fr. L. obturare to stop up: cf.F. obturateur.]
1. That which closes or stops an opening.
2. (Surg.) An apparatus designed to close an unnatural opening, as a fissure of the palate.
Obturator
(Ob"tu*ra`tor), a. (Anat.) Serving as an obturator; closing an opening; pertaining to, or in the
region of, the obturator foramen; as, the obturator nerve.
Obturator foramen (Anat.), an opening situated between the public and ischial parts of the innominate
bone and closed by the obturator membrane; the thyroid foramen.
Obtusangular
(Ob*tus"an`gu*lar) a. See Obstuseangular.
Obtuse
(Ob*tuse") a. [Compar. Obtuser ; superl. Obtusest.] [L. obtusus, p. p. of obtundere to
blunt: cf. F. obtus. See Obtund.]
1. Not pointed or acute; blunt; — applied esp. to angles greater than a right angle, or containing more
than ninety degrees.
2. Not having acute sensibility or perceptions; dull; stupid; as, obtuse senses. Milton.
3. Dull; deadened; as, obtuse sound. Johnson.
Obtuse-angled
(Ob*tuse"-an`gled ob*tuse"-an`gu*lar) a. Having an obtuse angle; as, an obtuse- angled
triangle.
Obtusely
(Ob*tuse"ly), adv. In an obtuse manner.
Obtuseness
(Ob*tuse"ness), n. State or quality of being obtuse.
Obtusion
(Ob*tu"sion) n. [L. obtusio, from obtundere to blunt. See Obtund.]
1. The act or process of making obtuse or blunt.
