2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Abstruse \Ab*struse"\, a. [L. abstrusus p. p. of abstrudere to
thrust away conceal; ab abs + trudere to thrust; cf F.
abstrus. See {Threat}.]
1. Concealed or hidden out of the way [Obs.]
The eternal eye whose sight discerns Abstrusest
thoughts. --Milton.
2. Remote from apprehension; difficult to be comprehended or
understood; recondite; as abstruse learning.
Profound and abstruse topics. --Milman.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
abstruse
adj : difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary
understanding or knowledge; "the professor's lectures
were so abstruse that students tended to avoid them";
"a deep metaphysical theory"; "some recondite problem
in historiography" [syn: {deep}, {recondite}]
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