Abstruse
11abstruse — [[t]æbstru͟ːs[/t]] ADJ GRADED (disapproval) You can describe something as abstruse if you find it difficult to understand, especially when you think it could be explained more simply. [FORMAL] Meanwhile meetings keep reverting to fruitless… …
12abstruse — [16] It is not clear whether English borrowed abstruse from French abstrus(e) or directly from Latin abstrūsus, but the ultimate source is the Latin form. It is the past participle of the verb abstrūdere, literally ‘thrust’ (trūdere) ‘away’ (ab) …
13abstruse — adjective Etymology: Latin abstrusus, from past participle of abstrudere to conceal, from abs , ab + trudere to push more at threat Date: 1599 difficult to comprehend ; recondite < the abstruse calculations of mathematicians > • abstrusely …
14abstruse — abstrusely, adv. abstruseness, n. /ab stroohs /, adj. 1. hard to understand; recondite; esoteric: abstruse theories. 2. Obs. secret; hidden. [1590 1600; < L abstrusus thrust away, concealed (ptp. of abstrudere), equiv. to abs ABS + trud thrust +… …
15abstruse — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. profound, recondite, esoteric, subtle, deep; obscure, enigmatical. See unintelligibility, obscurity. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. recondite, deep, obscure, complex; see difficult 2 . III (Roget s 3… …
16abstruse — ab|struse [əbˈstru:s, æb ] adj formal [Date: 1500 1600; : Latin; Origin: , past participle of abstrudere to hide , from abs away + trudere to push ] unnecessarily complicated and difficult to understand ▪ Maths is a mix of abstruse theory and… …
17abstruse — ab|struse [ æb strus ] adjective FORMAL abstruse ideas or arguments are hard to understand, and more complicated than necessary: OBSCURE …
18abstruse — adjective her abstruse arguments were hard to follow Syn: obscure, arcane, esoteric, little known, recherché, rarefied, recondite, difficult, hard, puzzling, perplexing, cryptic, enigmatic, Delphic, complex, complicated, involved, over/above one… …
19abstruse — UK [æbˈstruːs] / US [æbˈstrus] adjective formal abstruse ideas or arguments are hard to understand, and are more complicated than necessary …
20abstruse — ab•struse [[t]æbˈstrus[/t]] adj. 1) hard to understand; recondite; esoteric: abstruse theories[/ex] 2) Obs. secret; hidden • Etymology: 1590–1600; < L abstrūsus lit., concealed, ptp. of abstrūdere to conceal from view =abs abs +trūdere to… …
