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Dullness \Dull"ness\, n. The state of being dull; slowness; stupidity; heaviness; drowsiness; bluntness; obtuseness; dimness; want of luster; want of vividness, or of brightness. [Written also dulness.]

[1913 Webster]

And gentle dullness ever loves a joke. --Pope. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

 

dulness

noun

1: the quality of being slow to understand [syn: dullness, obtuseness]
2: the quality of lacking interestingness [syn: dullness]
3: a lack of visual brightness [syn: dullness] [ant: brightness]
4: without sharpness of edge or point [syn: dullness, bluntness] [ant: asperity, sharpness]

Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
 

 

Dullness \Dull"ness\, n. The state of being dull; slowness; stupidity; heaviness; drowsiness; bluntness; obtuseness; dimness; want of luster; want of vividness, or of brightness. [Written also dulness.]

And gentle dullness ever loves a joke. --Pope.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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