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abstruse

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Pronunciation: /əbˈstruːs/

Definition of abstruse in English:

adjective

Difficult to understand; obscure:an abstruse philosophical inquiry

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Derivatives

abstrusely

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adverb

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abstruseness

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Pronunciation: /əbˈstruːsnəs/

noun

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Origin

Late 16th century: from Latin abstrusus ‘put away, hidden’, from abstrudere ‘conceal’, from ab-‘from’ + trudere ‘to push’.

Words that rhyme with abstruse

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