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recondite

[ rek-uhn-dahyt, ri-kon-dahyt ]

adjective

  1. dealing with very profound, difficult, or abstruse subject matter:

    a recondite treatise.

  2. beyond ordinary knowledge or understanding; esoteric:

    recondite principles.

    Synonyms: deep

    Antonyms: exoteric

  3. little known; obscure:

    a recondite fact.

    Synonyms: secret, occult, mysterious

    Antonyms: well-known



recondite

/ rɪˈkɒndaɪt; ˈrɛkənˌdaɪt /

adjective

  1. requiring special knowledge to be understood; abstruse
  2. dealing with abstruse or profound subjects
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Derived Forms

  • reˈconditeness, noun
  • reˈconditely, adverb
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Other Words From

  • recon·ditely adverb
  • recon·diteness noun
  • un·recon·dite adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of recondite1

1640–50; earlier recondit < Latin reconditus recondite, hidden (originally past participle of recondere to hide), equivalent to re- re- + cond ( ere ) to bring together ( con- con- + -dere to put) + -itus -ite 2
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Word History and Origins

Origin of recondite1

C17: from Latin reconditus hidden away, from re- + condere to conceal

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