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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

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   part of speech: adjective. definition: difficult to comprehend or understand; esoteric; arcane. The article is somewhat abstruse for the non-scientist. The professor's explanation was abstruse, and the students stared at him with incomprehension. synonyms: abstract, deep, recondite. antonyms:

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   What does the adjective abstruse mean? There are two meanings listed in OED's entry for the adjective abstruse , one of which is labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

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   adjective. These are words and phrases related to abstruse. Click on any word or phrase to go to its thesaurus page. Or, go to the definition of abstruse. The professor's abstruse theories were impossible for his students to understand. Synonyms. esoteric. recondite. profound. deep. difficult. knotty. complex. involved. secret. hermetic. orphic.

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   difficult to understand; obscure: . Meaning, pronunciation and example sentences, English to English reference content.

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   Abstruse definition: Difficult to understand or explain, usually because it is very complex or specialized.

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   The meaning of ABSTRUSE is difficult to comprehend : recondite. How to use abstruse in a sentence. Latin Ties Things Together With Abstruse

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   abstruse. adjective. Concealed or hidden out of the way; secret. synonyms. deep. recondite. exact ( 8 ) A few years ago, the question "can there be a soft dictatorship inside the EU?" would have been dismissed as an abstruse hypothetical for students of law and political theory. 1. The Guardian - Opinion.