OBTUNDED

Verb

obtunded

simple past tense and past participle of obtund

Adjective

obtunded (comparative more obtunded, superlative most obtunded)

(medicine) Far from alert or oriented to time and space, and exhibiting other signs of being confused, a state just short of frank delirium.

Source: Wiktionary

OBTUND

Ob*tund", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Obtunded; p. pr. & vb. n. Obtunding.] Etym: [L. obtundere, obtusum; ob (see Ob-) + tundere to strike or beat. See Stutter.]

Definition: To reduce the edge, pungency, or violent action of; to dull; to blunt; to deaden; to quell; as, to obtund the acrimony of the gall. [Archaic] Harvey. They...have filled all our law books with the obtunding story of their suits and trials. Milton.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition