"Tamas" is the quality of inertia, inactivity, dullness, or lethargy. His reserve and apparent dullness made him unappealing to others except when he danced. The term means "delusion, confusion, dullness". Furthermore, the apparent brightness/ dullness of a texture patch varied as the background varied. This device has resulted in problems such as lack of conflict and hence dullness. However, this outward dullness concealed a sharp mind and great administrative talent. Dullness on either side of the abdomen could suggest ascites. Settle then reveals some current triumphs of dullness over good sense. Finally, Folly herself is killed by the dullness of the works being read aloud. Despite the occasional dullness, they also praised the book to be "humorously poignant". The precordium is naturally a cardiac area of dullness. Each color cancels out a certain color or dullness. This creates a different kind of shifting dullness. The jokes poke fun at his vanity, dullness, etc. Along with an image of "dullness," Philadelphia was known for its political corruption.