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   Rec·on·dite

   /ˈrekənˌdīt/

   

   adjective

   • 1. (of a subject or knowledge) little known; abstruse: "the book is full of recondite information"

   Word Origin mid 17th century: from Latin reconditus ‘hidden, put away’, past participle of recondere, from re- ‘back’ + condere ‘put together, secrete’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. reconditely adverb
   • 2. reconditeness noun

   Scrabble Points: 12

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