What does recondite mean?
Definitions for recondite
ˈrɛk ənˌdaɪt, rɪˈkɒn daɪtre·con·dite
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Princeton's WordNet
abstruse, deep, reconditeadjective
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"
Wiktionary
reconditeadjective
Hidden from the mental or intellectual view; secret; abstruse.
What was the recondite cause of Ryulong being uncalled for?
reconditeadjective
Dealing in things abstruse; profound; searching.
My philosophy professor believes she is in the field of recondite studies.
reconditeadjective
Difficult to understand; known only by experts.
reconditeadjective
Of a person: highly talented, a master of a field.
Etymology: From reconditus, past participle adjective of recondo.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Reconditeadjective
Secret; profound; abstruse.
Etymology: reconditus, Lat.
A disagreement between thought and expression seldom happens, but among men of more recondite studies and deep learning. Henry Felton, on the Classicks.
Wikipedia
Recondite
Recondite (born Lorenz Brunner in Lower Bavaria) is a German musician, techno producer, label owner and sound artist.
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recondite
Recondite refers to something that is difficult to understand, obscure, or hidden from sight. It is often used to describe complex or abstract subjects that are understood by only a small number of people with specialized knowledge.
Webster Dictionary
Reconditeadjective
hidden from the mental or intellectual view; secret; abstruse; as, recondite causes of things
Reconditeadjective
dealing in things abstruse; profound; searching; as, recondite studies
Etymology: [L. reconditus, p. p. of recondere to put up again, to lay up, to conceal; pref. re- re- + condere to bring or lay together. See Abscond.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Recondite
rē-kon′dit, or rek′on-dīt, adj. secret: abstruse: profound.—ns. Recondite′ness; Recon′ditory, a storehouse. [L. recondĕre, -itum, to put away—re-, again, condĕre, to put together.]
Entomology
Recondite
the sting when concealed in the abdomen.
Anagrams for recondite »
decretion
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of recondite in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of recondite in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
Examples of recondite in a Sentence
But those rare souls whose spirit gets magically into the hearts of men, leave behind them something more real and warmly personal than bodily presence, an ineffable and eternal thing. It is everlasting life touching us as something more than a vague, recondite concept. The sound of a great name dies like an echo the splendor of fame fades into nothing but the grace of a fine spirit pervades the places through which it has passed, like the haunting loveliness of mignonette.
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