Definition/Meaning of obtusity

• English - Noun: obtusity ( countable and uncountable , plural obtusities ) obtuseness 1848 , [Rigby, Elizabeth .] "Vanity Fair--and Jane Eyre ." London Quarterly Review , December 1848[1]. Some ladies would have thought it high time to leave the Squire alone with his chestnut tree; or , at all events , unnecessary to keep up that tone of high-souled feminine obtusity which they are quite justified in adopting…
• English - References: obtusity in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary , G . & C . Merriam, 1913 obtusity at OneLook Dictionary Search