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recondite |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Recondite \Rec"on*dite\ (r?k"?n*d?t or r?*k?n"d?t; 277), a. [L. reconditus p. p. of recondere to put up again to lay up to conceal; pref. re- re- + condere to bring or lay together. See {Abscond}.] 1. Hidden from the mental or intellectual view; secret; abstruse; as recondite causes of things 2. Dealing in things abstruse; profound; searching; as recondite studies. ``Recondite learning.'' --Bp. Horsley. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: recondite 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: {abstruse}, {deep}]
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