Dulness
11The Dunciad — Alexander Pope The Dunciad /ˈd …
12Augustan poetry — is the poetry that flourished during the reign of Caesar Augustus as Emperor of Rome, most notably including the works of Virgil, Horace, and Ovid. This poetry was more explicitly political than the poetry that had preceded it, and it was… …
13John Rich (producer) — John Rich (1692 1761) was an important director and theatre manager in 18th century London. He opened the New Theatre at Lincoln s Inn Fields (1714) and began putting on ever more lavish productions. He introduced pantomime to the English stage… …
14John Trumbull (poet) — John Trumbull (April 24, 1750 – May 11, 1831), American poet, was born in what is now Watertown, Connecticut, where his father was a Congregational preacher. At the age of seven he passed his entrance examinations at Yale, but did not enter until …
15English words first attested in Chaucer — Contents 1 Etymology 2 List 2.1 Canterbury Tales General Prologue …
16aridity — n. 1. Dryness, aridness, parchedness, siccity, want of moisture, sterility, barrenness, unfertility. 2. Dryness, want of interest, dulness, pointlessness, jejuneness, unsuggestiveness, barrenness, infecundity, sterility. 3. Dulness, insensibility …
17insensibility — n. 1. Torpor, lethargy, dulness, want of sensibility. 2. Apathy, indifference, insusceptibility. 3. Dulness, stupidity. 4. Unconsciousness, suspension of consciousness, loss of sensibility, suspension of feeling …
18obtuseness — n. 1. Bluntness. 2. Dulness, stupidity, stolidity, doltishness, obtusion, obtusity. 3. Dulness, obscurity …
19Dullness — Dull ness, n. The state of being dull; slowness; stupidity; heaviness; drowsiness; bluntness; obtuseness; dimness; want of luster; want of vividness, or of brightness. [Written also {dulness}.] [1913 Webster] And gentle dullness ever loves a joke …
20dull — I. adjective Etymology: Middle English dul; akin to Old English dol foolish, Old Irish dall blind Date: 13th century 1. mentally slow ; stupid 2. a. slow in perception or sensibility ; insensible < somewhat dull of h …
