obtusity

Re: Calling Tolstoy a crackpot is not only nonsense, it displays moral obtusity.

Matthew Yglesias » Why Choose? 2010

Calling Tolstoy a crackpot is not only nonsense, it displays moral obtusity.

Matthew Yglesias » Why Choose? 2010

And keep in mind the obtusity of the British government.

On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008

There is some amusing human nature conclusion that I'm sure can be drawn from the number of emails, phone calls, and instant messages I've gotten about my anti-obtusity comments earlier.

There is some amusing human - Anil Dash 2002

The professor, giving him one look, to be sure of his sanity, and a second to be sure of his obtusity, answered gravely, above a convulsion of laughter:

The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 5, May, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Various

"You don't mean to say you have heart disease?" said Nattie, seeing danger fast approaching, and taking refuge in obtusity.

Wired Love A Romance of Dots and Dashes Ella Cheever Thayer

For Quimby, with all his obtusity, had an inkling of the power of mystery, and was already far enough on the road to love to be jealous.

Wired Love A Romance of Dots and Dashes Ella Cheever Thayer

I think I should have stayed with him but for the abnormal obtusity of his facial angle.

The War of the Wenuses 1900

On the other hand, the pubic hair should be dark in order to emphasize the breadth of the pelvis and the obtusity of the angle between the mons veneris and the thighs.

Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 4 Sexual Selection In Man Havelock Ellis 1899

Some ladies would have thought it high time to leave the Squire alone with his chestnut tree; or, at all events, unnecessary to keep up that tone of high-souled feminine obtusity which they are quite justified in adopting if gentlemen will not speak out -- but Jane again does neither.

Famous Reviews R. Brimley Johnson 1899