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ABSTRUSE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge

Example:

some recondite problem in historiography

Synonyms:

abstruse; deep; recondite

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Adjectives

Similar:

esoteric (confined to and understandable by only an enlightened inner circle)

Derivation:

abstruseness (the quality of being unclear or abstruse and hard to understand)

abstruseness; abstrusity (wisdom that is recondite and abstruse and profound)

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