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ab·struse

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ADJECTIVE:

Difficult to understand; recondite. See Synonyms at ambiguous.

ETYMOLOGY:
Latin abstrsus, past participle of abstrdere, to hide : abs-, ab-, away ; see ab-¹ + trdere, to push; see treud- in Indo-European roots

OTHER FORMS:
ab·strusely(Adverb), ab·struseness(Noun)

Thesaurus: synonyms for abstruse

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