ABSTRUSE


Meaning of ABSTRUSE in English

/ əbˈstruːs; NAmE ; æb-/ adjective

( formal , often disapproving ) difficult to understand :

an abstruse argument

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WORD ORIGIN

late 16th cent.: from Latin abstrusus put away, hidden, from abstrudere conceal, from ab- from + trudere to push.

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