abstruse

adjective

ab·struse əb-ˈstrüs How to pronounce abstruse (audio)

ab-

formal

: difficult to comprehend : recondite

the abstruse calculations of mathematicians

abstruse concepts/ideas/theories

abstrusely adverb

abstruseness noun

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Latin Ties Things Together With Abstruse

Look closely at the following Latin verbs, all of which are derived from the verb trudere ("to push, thrust"): extrudere, intrudere, obtrudere, protrudere. Remove the last two letters of each of these and you get an English descendant whose meaning involves pushing or thrusting. Another trudere offspring, abstrudere, meaning "to push away" or "to conceal," gave English abstrude, meaning "to thrust away," but that 17th-century borrowing has fallen out of use. An abstrudere descendant that has survived is abstruse, an adjective that recalls the meaning of its Latin parent abstrūsus, meaning "concealed."

Example Sentences

Her subject matter is abstruse. you're not the only one who finds Einstein's theory of relativity abstruse

Recent Examples on the Web The procedures are so abstruse that a parliamentarian must sit below the presiding officer and, essentially, tell him or her what to say.

Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker, 11 Aug. 2021 The procedures are so abstruse that a parliamentarian must sit below the presiding officer and, essentially, tell him or her what to say.

Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker, 11 Aug. 2021 See More

单词	abstruse
释义	abstruse adjective ab·struse əb-ˈstrüs ab- formal : difficult to comprehend : recondite the abstruse calculations of mathematicians abstruse concepts/ideas/theories abstrusely adverb abstruseness noun Did you know? Latin Ties Things Together With Abstruse Look closely at the following Latin verbs, all of which are derived from the verb trudere ("to push, thrust"): extrudere, intrudere, obtrudere, protrudere. Remove the last two letters of each of these and you get an English descendant whose meaning involves pushing or thrusting. Another trudere offspring, abstrudere, meaning "to push away" or "to conceal," gave English abstrude, meaning "to thrust away," but that 17th-century borrowing has fallen out of use. An abstrudere descendant that has survived is abstruse, an adjective that recalls the meaning of its Latin parent abstrūsus, meaning "concealed." Synonyms arcane deep esoteric hermetic hermetical profound recondite See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences Her subject matter is abstruse. you're not the only one who finds Einstein's theory of relativity abstruse Recent Examples on the Web The procedures are so abstruse that a parliamentarian must sit below the presiding officer and, essentially, tell him or her what to say. Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker, 11 Aug. 2021 The procedures are so abstruse that a parliamentarian must sit below the presiding officer and, essentially, tell him or her what to say. Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker, 11 Aug. 2021 The procedures are so abstruse that a parliamentarian must sit below the presiding officer and, essentially, tell him or her what to say. Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker, 11 Aug. 2021 The procedures are so abstruse that a parliamentarian must sit below the presiding officer and, essentially, tell him or her what to say. Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker, 11 Aug. 2021 The procedures are so abstruse that a parliamentarian must sit below the presiding officer and, essentially, tell him or her what to say. Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker, 11 Aug. 2021 The procedures are so abstruse that a parliamentarian must sit below the presiding officer and, essentially, tell him or her what to say. Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker, 11 Aug. 2021 The procedures are so abstruse that a parliamentarian must sit below the presiding officer and, essentially, tell him or her what to say. Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker, 11 Aug. 2021 The procedures are so abstruse that a parliamentarian must sit below the presiding officer and, essentially, tell him or her what to say. Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker, 11 Aug. 2021 See More Word History Etymology borrowed from Latin abstrūsus "concealed, recondite," from past participle of abstrūdere "to conceal," from abs- (variant of ab- ab- before c- and t-) + trūdere "to push, thrust" — more at threat entry 1 First Known Use circa 1549, in the meaning defined above abstruse adjective as in esoteric difficult for one of ordinary knowledge or intelligence to understand you're not the only one who finds Einstein's theory of relativity abstruse Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance esoteric profound recondite arcane ambiguous complicated hermetic confusing scholarly deep mystical complex academic erudite enigmatic inscrutable mystic hermetical cryptic incomprehensible mysterious enigmatical unintelligible learned academical pedantic perplexing impenetrable baffling unfathomable mystifying orphic bewildering puzzling darkling unknowable uncanny confounding unanswerable disorienting hard Antonyms & Near Antonyms superficial shallow simple straightforward intelligible easy comprehensible facile understandable obvious plain apparent clear distinct lucid fathomable perspicuous evident transparent manifest clear-cut See More
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abstruse

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