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1. (adj.) abstruse
hard to understand; recondite; esoteric:
abstruse theories.
2. abstruse
Obs. secret; hidden.
Etymology: (1590–1600; < L abstrūsus lit., concealed, ptp. of abstrūdere to conceal from view =abs-abs - +trūdere to thrust, push)
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1. (adj) abstruse, deep, recondite
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"
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1. (adj) abstruse
concealed or hidden out of the way
2. (adj) abstruse
remote from apprehension; difficult to be comprehended or understood; recondite; as, abstruse learning
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Sense: difficult to understand
abstruse reasoning.
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 Afrikaans: duister |
 Arabic: مُبْهَم، عَوِيص، صَعْبْ ا |
 Bulgarian: неясен |
 Brazilian: abstruso |
 Czech: těžko pochopitelný |
 German: schwer verständlich, verw |
 Danish: svært tilgængelig; dunkel |
 Greek: δυσνόητος, ασαφής |
 Spanish: abstruso |
 Estonian: raskestimõistetav |
 Farsi: پیچیده |
 Finnish: vaikeatajuinen |
 French: abstrus |
 Hebrew: מוּבָן בְּקוֹשִׁי, סָתוּם |
 Hindi: जटिल/कठिन |
 Croatian: zamršen |
 Hungarian: nehezenérthető |
 Indonesian: sulit dipahami |
 Icelandic: torskilinn |
 Italian: astruso |
 Japanese: 難解な |
 Korean: 난해한 |
 Lithuanian: painus |
 Latvian: neskaidrs; grūti saprotam |
 Malay: sukar difahami |
 Dutch: duister |
 Norwegian: vanskeligå forstå, dunkel |
 Polish: zawiły |
 Persian: مغلق، مشكل |
 Pashto: مشكل، سخت |
 Portuguese: abstruso |
 Romanian: abstrus, neclar, confuz |
 Russian: замысловатый |
 Slovak: nezrozumiteľný |
 Slovenian: težko umljiv |
 Serbian: nerazumljiv |
 Swedish: svårfattlig |
 Thai: ที่เข้าใจได้ยาก |
 Turkish: anlaşılması zor, çapraşık |
 Taiwanese: 難解的，深奧的 |
 Ukrainian: неясний; важкий для розум |
 Urdu: مشکل ، عمیق |
 Vietnamese: khó hiểu |
 Chinese: 难解的，深奥的 |
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