blunt

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, US) IPA(key): /blʌnt/ (Northern England) IPA(key): /blʊnt/ Rhymes: -ʌnt === Etymology 1 === From Middle English blunt, blont, from Old English *blunt, probably of North Germanic origin, possibly related to Old Norse blunda (“to doze”) (> Icelandic blunda, Swedish blunda, Danish blunde). ==== Adjective ==== blunt (comparative blunter, superlative bluntest) Having a thick edge or point; not sharp. (derogatory) Dull in understanding; slow of discernment; opposed to acute. (derogatory) Abrupt in address; plain; unceremonious; wanting in the forms of civility; rough in manners or speech. Hard to impress or penetrate. December 30, 1736, Alexander Pope, letter to Jonathan Swift I find my heart hardened and blunt to new impressions. Slow or deficient in feeling: insensitive. ===== Synonyms ===== (having a thick edge or point): dull, pointless, coarse, obtuse (dull in understanding): stupid, obtuse (abrupt in address): curt, short, rude, brusque, impolite, uncivil, harsh, robust ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Noun ==== blunt (countable and uncountable, plural blunts) A fencer's practice foil with a soft tip. A short needle with a strong point. (smoking, slang, US) A marijuana cigar. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:marijuana cigarette (UK, slang, archaic, uncountable) Money. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:money A playboating move resembling a cartwheel performed on a wave. ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From Middle English blunten, blonten, from the adjective (see above). ==== Verb ==== blunt (third-person singular simple present blunts, present participle blunting, simple past and past participle blunted) To dull the edge or point of, by making it thicker; to make blunt. (figuratively) To repress or weaken; to impair the force, keenness, or susceptibility, of ===== Synonyms ===== blunten ===== Translations ===== === See also === bluntly dull === Further reading === “blunt”, in Collins English Dictionary, 2011–present. “blunt”, in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present. “blunt”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022. “blunt”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present. == Old French == === Etymology === From Frankish *blund, from Proto-Germanic *blundaz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰlendʰ-. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /blunt/ === Adjective === blunt m (oblique and nominative feminine singular blunde) alternative form of blont == Polish == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English blunt. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈblant/ Rhymes: -ant Syllabification: blunt === Noun === blunt m animal (slang) alternative spelling of blant ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “blunt”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎[2] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN “blunt”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[3] (in Polish) == Spanish == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English blunt. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈblant/ [ˈblãn̪t̪] Rhymes: -ant === Noun === blunt m (plural blunts) blunt (a marijuana cigar) ==== Usage notes ==== According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.