Monday 18 October 2021

obtundo

From the above Latin for blunted (like an obtuse angle), deprived of sharpness or vigour, to be obtuned in the non-figurative sense lies on the spectrum of impaired consciousness between lethargy and stupor, edging from full awareness on the orders of consciousness to total torpor and unarousable unresponsiveness. In other words, the state, albeit expressed in impercise and subjective terms, of being less interested or vested in one’s immediate environment.