recondite
dealing with very profound, difficult, or abstruse subject matter: a recondite treatise.
beyond ordinary knowledge or understanding; esoteric: recondite principles.
little known; obscure: a recondite fact.
Origin of recondite
1Other words for recondite
Opposites for recondite
Other words from recondite
- rec·on·dite·ly, adverb
- rec·on·dite·ness, noun
- un·rec·on·dite, adjective
Words Nearby recondite
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How to use recondite in a sentence
How else to explain the popularity of a novel so free of plot, so obsessed with existential rumination and recondite philosophy?
American Dreams: Saul Bellow’s Masterpiece of Lamentation | Nathaniel Rich | July 27, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTClassical allusions, poetical turns of phrase, antique diction, recondite words.
Fortunately, the considerations which are necessary are not recondite, and all the facts are of an extremely picturesque nature.
Outlines of the Earth's History | Nathaniel Southgate ShalerBut to determine what these propositions are, is the opus magnum of the more recondite mental philosophy.
A System of Logic: Ratiocinative and Inductive | John Stuart MillSuch superstitions as these last must be the result of study; they are too recondite for natural or spontaneous growth.
A System of Logic: Ratiocinative and Inductive | John Stuart Mill
The scheme of the pronouns is very complete, and provides for nearly all the recondite distinctions of person.
The Indian in his Wigwam | Henry R. SchoolcraftTo develop truths so recondite there would be needed a knowledge of nature much greater than that which we have.
Treatise on Light | Christiaan Huygens
British Dictionary definitions for recondite
/ (rɪˈkɒndaɪt, ˈrɛkənˌdaɪt) /
requiring special knowledge to be understood; abstruse
dealing with abstruse or profound subjects
Origin of recondite
1Derived forms of recondite
- reconditely, adverb
- reconditeness, noun
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