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recondite

adjective

difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge

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Word length
9
Starts with
R
Ends with
E
Contains
EC
Scrabble score
12
Database source
OEWN 2025 Core

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Pronunciation

ˈɹɛk(ə)nˌdaɪt

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adjective

  1. difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge

    “the professor's lectures were so abstruse that students tended to avoid them”

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Example Sentences

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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