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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DULLNESS

n. 1. Stupidity; slowness of comprehension; weakness of intellect; indocility; as the dullness of a student.
2. Want of quick perception or eager desire.
3. Heaviness; drowsiness; inclination to sleep.
4. Heaviness; disinclination to motion.
5. Sluggishness; slowness.
6. Dimness; want of clearness or luster.
7. Bluntness; want of edge.
8. Want of brightness or vividness; as dullness of color.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

DULLNESS

DULLNESS Dull "ness, n.

Defn: The state of being dull; slowness; stupidity; heaviness; drowsiness; bluntness; obtuseness; dimness; want of luster; want of vividness, or of brightness. [Written also dulness.] And gentle dullness ever loves a joke. Pope.