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	abstruseness
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 abstruseness noun as in obtuseness Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance obtuseness complexity impenetrability profoundness difficulty complication incomprehensibility abstrusity indirectness vagueness indistinctness uncertainty indefiniteness deepness dimness haziness mistiness depth circuity fuzziness ambiguity mystery obliqueness ambiguousness nebulousness circuitousness inscrutability opaqueness incomprehensibleness cloudiness fogginess faintness murkiness mysteriousness opacity obliquity obscurity nebulosity reconditeness darkness equivocation equivocalness shade inscrutableness shadow Antonyms & Near Antonyms clarity clearness intelligibility plainness obviousness comprehensibility brightness distinctness certainty legibility exactness perspicuity lucidity definiteness incisiveness directness straightforwardness forthrightness surety explicitness incision openness lucidness visibility readability self-evidence tangibility palpability perspicuousness obviousness readableness tangibleness See More
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abstruse

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