Thesaurus: abstruse

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1. a. Concealed or hidden out of the way.
2. a. Remote from apprehension; difficult to be comprehended or understood; recondite; as, abstruse learning.
3. adj. difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge
4. 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.
5. j:100 s. difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge