abstruse | ||
1. | [ adjective ] difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge | |
Synonyms: | recondite deep | |
Examples: | "the professor's lectures were so abstruse that students tended to avoid them" "a deep metaphysical theory" "some recondite problem in historiography" |
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Related terms: | esoteric | |
Similar spelling: |
abstrusely abstrusity abstracter abstracted abstractor abused abstract |