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English

Pronunciation

IPA: /əbˈstruːs/

Etymology

abstrusus, past participle of abstrudere to thrust away, conceal; ab, abs + trudere to thrust; compare abstrus. See Threat.

Adjective

remote from apprehension; difficult to comprehend or understand; recondite; as, abstruse learning.
* 1748. David Hume. Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. § 13.
*: It is certain that the easy and obvious philosophy will always, with the generality of mankind, have the preference above the accurate and abstruse;
concealed or hidden out of the way.
: Quotations
:* The eternal eye whose sight discerns Abstrusest thoughts. — :w:Milton|John Milton
:* Profound and abstruse topics. - Milman

Translations

Italian:

Portuguese: {{t+|pt|abstruso|m}}

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Italian

Adjective

abstruse

Feminine plural form of astruso

Category:Italian adjective forms

ar:abstruse fa:abstruse fr:abstruse io:abstruse it:abstruse pt:abstruse sv:abstruse ta:abstruse te:abstruse vi:abstruse tr:abstruse uk:abstruse

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Abstruse \Ab*struse"\, a. [L. abstrusus, p. p. of abstrudere to
thrust away, conceal; ab, abs + trudere to thrust; cf. F.
abstrus. See Threat.]
1. Concealed or hidden out of the way. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]

The eternal eye whose sight discerns
Abstrusest thoughts. --Milton.
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2. Remote from apprehension; difficult to be comprehended or
understood; recondite; as, abstruse learning.
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Profound and abstruse topics. --Milman.
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WordNet abstruse
adj : 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" [syn: deep, recondite]

Moby Dictionary
Herculean , abstract , arcane , arduous , beclouded , blind , brutal ,
buried , civilized , close , clouded , complex , complicated , concealed ,
covered , covert , critical , cultivated , cultured , deep , delicate ,
demanding , difficile , difficult , eclipsed , educated , encyclopedic ,
erudite , esoteric , exacting , formidable , hairy , hard , hard-earned ,
hard-fought , heavy , hermetic , hid , hidden , hypothetical , ideal ,
in a cloud , in a fog , in eclipse , in purdah , in the wings ,
incommunicado , intricate , jawbreaking , knotted , knotty , laborious ,
latent , learned , lettered , literate , mean , mysterious , no picnic ,
not easy , obfuscated , obscure , obscured , occult , operose ,
pansophic , polyhistoric , polymath , polymathic , profound , recondite ,
rigorous , rough , rugged , scholarly , scholastic , secluded , secluse ,
secret , sequestered , set with thorns , severe , spiny , steep ,
strenuous , studious , thorny , ticklish , toilsome , tough ,
transcendental , tricky , under an eclipse , under cover ,
under house arrest , under wraps , underground , unknown , uphill ,
wicked , wise , wrapped in clouds