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Meaning of 'recondite' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Recondite [ a.]
- Hidden from the mental or intellectual view; secret; abstruse; as, recondite causes of things.
- Dealing in things abstruse; profound; searching; as, recondite studies.

Meaning of 'recondite' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . recondite [ s]
Meaning (1):
- difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge
Example in sentence:
  • a deep metaphysical theory;
  • some recondite problem in historiography;
  • the professor's lectures were so abstruse that students tended to avoid them

Nearby Words:

recadency recalcitrant recalcitrate recalcitration recall recallable recallment recant recantation recanted

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