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   abstruse

   /əbˈstruːs/

   adjective

   • 1. difficult to understand; obscure: "an abstruse philosophical inquiry"

   Word Origin late 16th century: from Latin abstrusus ‘put away, hidden’, from abstrudere ‘conceal’, from ab- ‘from’ + trudere ‘to push’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. abstrusely adverb
   • 2. abstruseness noun

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   What does abstruse mean?

   • Philosophy kept pace with geometry, and those who observed Nature also gloried in abstruse calculations. You,” said I. “You drive a nail as if it were an abstruse problem in differential calculus. Abstruse definition: hard to understand; recondite; esoteric. See examples of ABSTRUSE used in a sentence.

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   What does abstruso mean?

   • abstruso… Need a translator? Get a quick, free translation! ABSTRUSE definition: 1. not known or understood by many people: 2. not known or understood by many people: . Learn more.

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   What is the antonym of the word 'abstruse'?

   • Abstruse in a sentence (esp. good sentence like quote, proverb...) Antonym: easy. Similar words: abstract, obstruction, abstain, abstinence, abstemious, intrusive, obtrusive, frustrate. Meaning: [æb'struːs] adj. difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge. 1.

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   What does abstrudere mean in English?

   • Another trudere offspring, abstrudere, meaning "to push away" or "to conceal," gave English abstrude, meaning "to thrust away," but that 17th-century borrowing has fallen out of use. An abstrudere descendant that has survived is abstruse, an adjective that recalls the meaning of its Latin parent abstrūsus, meaning "concealed."

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   adjective. formal uk / æbˈstruːs / us / æbˈstruːs / Add to word list. not known or understood by many people: an abstruse philosophical essay. Synonyms. obscure. recherché formal. recondite formal. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Difficult to understand. abstrusely. ambiguity. ambiguously. antinomy. esoterically. fathomlessly. garble.

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     adjective. formal us / æbˈstruːs / uk / æbˈstruːs / Add to...

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     ABSTRUSE translate: 難解的;深奧的. Learn more in the Cambridge...

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     abstruse definicja: 1. not known or understood by many...

   • Abstruse in German

     abstruse translate: schwer verständlich, verworren. Learn...

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     abstruse translate: sulit dipahami. Learn more in the...

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     ABSTRUSE translate: 难解的;深奥的. Learn more in the Cambridge...

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   The meaning of ABSTRUSE is difficult to comprehend : recondite. How to use abstruse in a sentence. Latin Ties Things Together With Abstruse

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   You can describe something as abstruse if you find it difficult to understand, especially when you think it could be explained more simply.

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   Abstruse definition: hard to understand; recondite; esoteric. See examples of ABSTRUSE used in a sentence.

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   adjective. formal us / æbˈstruːs / uk / æbˈstruːs / Add to word list. not known or understood by many people: an abstruse philosophical essay. Synonyms. obscure. recherché formal. recondite formal. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Difficult to understand. abstrusely. ambiguity. ambiguously. antinomy. esoterically. fathomlessly. garble.

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   difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge. “the professor's lectures were so abstruse that students tended to avoid them”. synonyms: deep, recondite. esoteric. confined to and understandable by only an enlightened inner circle.

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   You can describe something as abstruse if you find it difficult to understand, especially when you think it could be explained more simply.