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prettygoodword) wrote2006-06-02 07:08 am
prettygoodword) wrote2006-06-02 07:08 am
obtund
obtund - v., to make less intense, to dull, blunt.
Especially used of sensation or pain, but I suspect that's more that those are the cliche uses rather than a true restriction in meaning. From Latin obtundere, from ob-, against + tundere, to beat.
---L.
Especially used of sensation or pain, but I suspect that's more that those are the cliche uses rather than a true restriction in meaning. From Latin obtundere, from ob-, against + tundere, to beat.
---L.