— reconditely , adv. — reconditeness , n.
/rek"euhn duyt', ri kon"duyt/ , adj.
1. dealing with very profound, difficult, or abstruse subject matter: a recondite treatise.
2. beyond ordinary knowledge or understanding; esoteric: recondite principles.
3. little known; obscure: a recondite fact.
[ 1640-50; earlier recondit reconditus recondite, hidden (orig. ptp. of recondere to hide), equiv. to re- RE- + cond ( ere ) to bring together ( con- CON- + -dere to put) + -itus -ITE 2 ]
Syn. 2. deep. 3. mysterious, occult, secret.
Ant. 2. exoteric. 3. well-known.