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abstruse
[ ab-stroos ]
adjective
- hard to understand; recondite; esoteric:
abstruse theories.
Synonyms: arcane, unfathomable, incomprehensible
Antonyms: uncomplicated, obvious, simple, clear
- Obsolete. secret; hidden.
abstruse
/ əbˈstruːs /
adjective
- not easy to understand; recondite; esoteric
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Derived Forms
- abˈstrusely, adverb
- abˈstruseness, noun
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Other Words From
- ab·strusely adverb
- ab·struseness noun
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of abstruse1
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Example Sentences
More interesting than these abstruse ruminations were her political instincts at the conclusion of the formal broadcast.
It is when studies requiring abstruse thought are reached that the facility in acquisition of the savage races comes to an end.
It cast its searching eye into the most abstruse inquiries which ever tasked the famous minds of the world.
It established important psychological truths and created a method for the solution of abstruse questions.
Philosophy kept pace with geometry, and those who observed Nature also gloried in abstruse calculations.
You,” said I. “You drive a nail as if it were an abstruse problem in differential calculus.
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