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abstruse
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/ ƦbĖstrus /
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adjective
hard to understand; recondite; esoteric: abstruse theories.
Obsolete. secret; hidden.
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Origin of abstruse
1590ā1600; <Latin abstrÅ«sus thrust away, concealed (past participle of abstrÅ«dere), equivalent to abs-abs- + trÅ«d- thrust + -tus past participle suffix
OTHER WORDS FROM abstruse
abĀ·struseĀ·ly, adverbabĀ·struseĀ·ness, nounWORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH abstruse
abstruse , obtuseWords nearby abstruse
abstract number, abstract of title, abstract space, abstrict, abstriction, abstruse, abstrusity, absurd, absurdism, absurdist, absurdity
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British Dictionary definitions for abstruse
abstruse
/ (ÉbĖstruĖs) /
adjective
not easy to understand; recondite; esoteric
Derived forms of abstruse
abstrusely, adverbabstruseness, nounWord Origin for abstruse
C16: from Latin abstrūsus thrust away, concealed, from abs- ab- 1 + trūdere to thrust
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