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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024ab•struse /æbˈstrus/USA pronunciation adj. - hard to understand: abstruse theories of time and space.
ab•struse•ly, adv. ab•struse•ness, n. [uncountable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ab•struse (ab stro̅o̅s′),USA pronunciation adj. - hard to understand;
recondite; esoteric:abstruse theories. - [Obs.]secret;
hidden.
- Latin abstrūsus thrust away, concealed (past participle of abstrūdere), equivalent. to abs- abs- + trūd- thrust + -tus past participle suffix
- 1590–1600
ab•struse′ly, adv. ab•struse′ness, n. - 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged incomprehensible, unfathomable, arcane.
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged clear, uncomplicated, simple; obvious.
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