Recondite

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  • adjective. Not easily understood; abstruse or obscure.
  • adjective. Concealed; hidden.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Hidden from mental view; secret; abstruse: as, recondite causes of things.
  • Profound; dealing with things abstruse.
  • In botany, concealed; not easily seen.
  • In entomology, said of organs which are concealed in repose: opposed to exserted.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Hidden from the mental or intellectual view; secret; abstruse.
  • adjective. Dealing in things abstruse; profound; searching.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Hidden from the mental or intellectual view; secret; abstruse.
  • adjective. Dealing in things abstruse; profound; searching.
  • adjective. Difficult to understand; known only by experts.
  • adjective. Of a person: highly talented, a master of a field.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge
  • Word Usage
    "Meanwhile, the presence of Pietro d'Abano80 and Hippocrates reflects a special interest at Urbino in recondite principles of astrobiological medicine and its capacity to temper the constitutions of individuals."
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