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the trait people fear most, though it never killed anyone or started a war.
means Lacking sharpness, brightness, excitement, or quick wit — whether describing a blunt blade, an overcast sky, a sluggish mind, or a tedious afternoon.
from From Old English 'dol,' meaning foolish or stupid, with cousins across the Germanic languages — Old High German 'tol' (mad, foolish) and Dutch 'dol' among them. The word started by accusing your intelligence and only later spread out to cover blunt edges, faded colors, and lifeless company; the slowness of a foolish mind seems to have lent its sluggishness to everything else. It's likely related, deeper down, to the same root that gives us 'dwell' — the idea of being delayed, slow, or held back.
- blade physics
- Dull knives cause more cuts than sharp ones
- old roots
- Word once meant slow-witted, not boring
- weather term
- Sailors used dull for windless, dead seas
- survival edge
- Dull routines keep heart rates calm and steady
paint color beige — most popular interior paint choice in us homes, representing aesthetic blandness
watching paint dry — literal idiom for extreme boredom, used since 1980s as epitome of tedium
cmv directive 2016 — eu regulation on common vehicle marking - famously dull legislative text that went viral