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- ABSTRUSE Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
An abstrūdere descendant that has survived is abstruse, an adjective that recalls the meaning of its Latin parent abstrūsus, meaning “concealed ” Like the similar-sounding obtuse, abstruse describes something difficult to understand—that is, something that has a “concealed” meaning
- ABSTRUSE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
Yet its speakers accomplished this without becoming faddish, abstruse or insensitive to the special demands that music makes on its exegetes
- ABSTRUSE Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com
Abstruse definition: hard to understand; recondite; esoteric See examples of ABSTRUSE used in a sentence
- ABSTRUSE definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary
You can describe something as abstruse if you find it difficult to understand, especially when you think it could be explained more simply
- Abstruse - definition of abstruse by The Free Dictionary
1 hard to understand; recondite; esoteric: abstruse theories 2 Obs secret; hidden
- abstruse - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
abstruse (comparative abstruser or more abstruse, superlative abstrusest or most abstruse) (formal) Difficult to comprehend or understand; obscure [from mid 16th c ] synonyms, antonyms quotations
- abstruse, adj. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English Dictionary
There are two meanings listed in OED's entry for the adjective abstruse, one of which is labelled obsolete See ‘Meaning use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence
- Do obtuse and abstruse mean the same thing? | Merriam-Webster
To be 'obtuse' is to be lacking sharpness of intellect To be 'abstruse' is to use language that is hard to understand However, 'obtuse' also has an often criticized meaning of 'difficult to comprehend '
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