ETYM Latin abstrusus, p. p. of abstrudere to thrust away, conceal; ab, abs + trudere to thrust; cf. French abstrus. Related to Threat.
Difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge; SYN. deep, recondite.
Esoteric; difficult to understand.
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In a manner difficult to understand
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Plural: abstrusenesses
1. The quality of being abstruse; difficulty of apprehension.
2. Wisdom that is recondite and abstruse and profound
abstrusity · obscureness · obscurity · profoundness · profundity · reconditeness
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