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obtundity

obtundity noun: the state or characteristic of having dulled senses or limited awareness.

Noun

obtundity (usually uncountable, plural obtundities)

  1. (often, rare, usually) The state or characteristic of having dulled senses or limited awareness.
    • [T]here are beings [who] . . . revel, with a lively zest, among all the things that are most foul and loathsome. . . . Sensuality, force of temper, inertness, obtundity of perception, personal idolatry, and the destitution of the higher and better emotions of humanity, are the ingredients of a...1824, Theophrastus (author), Francis Howell (translator), The Characters of Theophrastus, Josiah Taylor (London), p. 237 (Google preview)
    • Clinically one sees gradually developing oedema, often a strikingly puffy face, increasing mental obtundity, the patient finally lapsing into confusion and stupor.1975, George Martin Yuill, The Treatment of Renal Failure, →ISBN, page 24

Forms of obtundity

pluralobtundities

Origin of obtundity

From obtund + -ity.

Questions about obtundity

What does obtundity mean?
Obtundity means the state or characteristic of having dulled senses or limited awareness.
What part of speech is obtundity?
Obtundity is a noun.
What is the plural of obtundity?
The plural of obtundity is obtundities.

Words near obtundity in the dictionary

  1. obtundents
  2. obtunder
  3. obtunders
  4. obtunding
  5. obtundities
  6. obtundity
  7. obtunds
  8. obturacle
  9. obturacles
  10. obturacula
  11. obturacular

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