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blunt
What does blunt mean?
blunt (adjective): having a thick edge or point; not sharp.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you pronounce blunt?
/blʌnt/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does blunt come from?
From Middle English blunt, blont, from Old English *blunt, probably of North Germanic origin, possibly related to Old Norse blunda (“to shut eyes, to doze”), related to blind (> Icelandic blunda, Swedish blunda, Danish blunde).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Words related to blunt
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “blunt” mean?
having a thick edge or point; not sharp
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of lesser importance or stature or rank
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having or giving off a high temperature
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first in a series of copies or versions
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