ABSTRUSE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does abstruse mean? • ABSTRUSE (adjective)
The adjective ABSTRUSE has 1 sense:
1. difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge
Familiarity information: ABSTRUSE used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• ABSTRUSE (adjective)
Meaning:
Difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge
Synonyms:
abstruse; recondite; deep
Context examples:
the professor's lectures were so abstruse that students tended to avoid them / a deep metaphysical theory / some recondite problem in historiography
Similar:
esoteric (confined to and understandable by only an enlightened inner circle)
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