abstruseness

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{n} obscurity of meaning
wisdom that is recondite and abstruse and profound; "the anthropologist was impressed by the reconditeness of the native (Atasözü)s"
the quality of being unclear or abstruse and hard to understand
The quality of being abstruse; difficulty of apprehension
{i} quality of being difficult to understand, ambiguity
The property of being abstruse
abstruse
remote from apprehension; difficult to comprehend or understand; recondite; as in abstruse learning

It is certain that the easy and obvious philosophy will always, with the generality of mankind, have the preference above the accurate and abstruse;.

abstruse
dealing with matters difficult to be understood
abstruse
{a} difficult to be understood, obscure
Abstruse
difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge; "the professor's lectures were so abstruse that students tended to avoid them"; "a deep metaphysical theory"; "some recondite problem in historiography"
Abstruse
retruse
abstruse
remote from apprehension; difficult to comprehend or understand; recondite; as, abstruse learning
abstruse
Concealed or hidden out of the way
abstruse
disapproval You can describe something as abstruse if you find it difficult to understand, especially when you think it could be explained more simply. fruitless discussions about abstruse resolutions. unnecessarily complicated and difficult to understand
abstruse
{s} ambiguous, difficult to understand obscure
abstruse
Remote from apprehension; difficult to be comprehended or understood; recondite; as, abstruse learning
abstruseness

    Hyphenation

    ab·struse·ness

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    Etymology

    [ &b-'strüs, ab- ] (adjective.) 1599. Latin abstrusus, from past participle of abstrudere to conceal, from abs-, ab- + trudere to push; more at THREAT.
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