Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unobtuse

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: un-ob-tuse
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Example Sentences

"For Phoebe ever reddens in the wind : A fourth time risen, then surest monitress, If she with unobtuse and unblench'd horn illuminates her path . . . "Virgil" translated by Charles R Kennedy 1861"

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English obtuse English unobtuse From un- + obtuse.

Inflected Forms

more unobtuse (comparative) most unobtuse (superlative)

Questions

What does unobtuse mean?: Not obtuse
Where does unobtuse come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English obtuse English unobtuse From un- + obtuse.

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