• dulness(archaic)

Fromdull +‎-ness.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdʌl.nəs/

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dullness (usuallyuncountable,pluraldullnesses)

1. The quality of beingslow ofunderstanding things;stupidity.
2. The quality of beinguninteresting;boring;humorless orirksome.
   • 1777,Richard Brinsley Sheridan,The School for Scandal, II.ii:

     If to raise malicious smiles at the infirmities or misfortunes of those who have never injured us be the province of wit or Humour, Heaven grant me a double Portion ofDullness—

3. Lack of interest or excitement.
4. Thelack ofvisualbrilliance;want ofsheen.

   dullness of autumn

5. (of an edge)bluntness.
6. The quality of notperceiving orkenning things distinctly.

   dullness of sight, or of hearing

7. (archaic)Drowsiness.
   • 1610–1611 (date written),William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, andEd[ward] Blount, published1623,→OCLC,[Act I, scene ii]:

     Prospero:[…]Thou art inclin'd to sleep. 'Tis a gooddulness, / And give it way— I know thou canst not choose.

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