obtuse

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Which word is closest in meaning to 'obtuse' in this sentence?

It was a merry time with Carmen, Watermen, & Porters: for in this Eclipse, many of them did nothing but drinke, domineere, and swagger in Alehouses; but the often going to and fro of the Pot, made them talke of that, which they had nothing to doe withall, and many times their obtuse apprehensions would be medling with the warres betwixt the great Turke and Prester John.