Today’s WOTD – 2 October 2012

obtuse

[uhb-toos, -tyoos]
adjective
1. not quick or alert in perception, feeling, or intellect; not sensitive or observant; dull.
2. not sharp, acute, or pointed; blunt in form.
3. (of a leaf, petal, etc.) rounded at the extremity.
4. indistinctly felt or perceived, as pain or sound.

For example:

‘And she is far too obtuse to understand that the French king is only after what will serve him’.

Today’s aphorism

‘The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong’.

– Mahatma Gandhi

On this day

2 October 1803 – death of Samuel Adams, American revolutionary and founding father. Born 27 September 1722.

2 October 1869 – birthday of Mohandas Gandhi.

2 October – International Day of Non-violence. This day was chosen because it is the anniversary of Mohandas Gandhi’s birth.