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   Ab·struse

   /əbˈstro͞os/

   

   adjective

   • 1. difficult to understand; obscure: "an abstruse philosophical inquiry"

   Word Origin late 16th century: from Latin abstrusus ‘put away, hidden’, from abstrudere ‘conceal’, from ab- ‘from’ + trudere ‘to push’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. abstrusely adverb
   • 2. abstruseness noun

   Scrabble Points: 10

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   • B

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   • S

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   • R

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   • U

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   • S

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