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abstruse
 
SYLLABICATION:ab·struse
PRONUNCIATION:  b-strs, b-
ADJECTIVE: Difficult to understand; recondite. See synonyms at ambiguous.
ETYMOLOGY:Latin abstrsus, past participle of abstrdere, to hide : abs-, ab-, away; see ab–1 + trdere, to push; see treud- in Appendix I.
OTHER FORMS:ab·strusely —ADVERB
ab·struseness —NOUN
 
 
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