transitive verb. 1 : to treat or anesthetize with ether. 2 : to make numb as if by anesthetizing. Other Words from etherize Example Sentences Learn More About etherize.

What does it mean to be called obtuse?

Obtuse, which comes to us from the Latin word obtusus, meaning "dull" or "blunt," can describe an angle that is not acute or a person who is mentally "dull" or slow of mind. The word has also developed a somewhat controversial sense of "hard to comprehend," probably as a result of confusion with abstruse.

What does Insiduous mean?

adjective. intended to entrap or beguile: an insidious plan. stealthily treacherous or deceitful: an insidious enemy. operating or proceeding in an inconspicuous or seemingly harmless way but actually with grave effect: an insidious disease.