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|Text=[[File:woodhouse_86.jpg|thumb|link={{filepath:woodhouse_86.jpg}}]]'''adj.'''

P. and V. [[ἀμβλύς]].

<b class="b2">Rude, unpolished</b>: Ar. and P. [[ἄγροικος]], V. [[ἄκομψος]].

<b class="b2">Be blunt of speech</b>: P. παρρησιάζεσθαι, V. θρασυστομεῖν, ἐξελευθεροστομεῖν, ἐλευθεραστομεῖν.

'''v. trans.'''

Lit. or Met., P. and V. ἀμβλύνειν, ἀπαμβλυνειν, V. καταμβλύνειν, lit., V. ἐκκωφεῖν.

<b class="b2">Are their swords blunted at the sight of beauty?</b> V. ἆρʼ εἰς τὸ [[κάλλος]] ἐκκεκώφηται ξίφη; (Eur., ''Or.'' 1287).

<b class="b2">With feelings blunted</b>: P. and V. [[ἀμβλύς]].
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