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Hidden from the mental or intellectual view; secret; abstruse; as, recondite causes of things.

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  1. a. Hidden from the mental or intellectual view; secret; abstruse; as, recondite causes of things.
  2. a. Dealing in things abstruse; profound; searching; as, recondite studies.
  3. adj. difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge
  4. 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.
  5. j:100 s difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge