ABSTRUSE as ADJECTIVE

1. Meaning
   • difficult to penetrate
   • incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge
   Synonym(s)
   • deep (what does deep mean?)
   • recondite (what does recondite mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • the professor’’s lectures were so abstruse that students tended to avoid them
   • a deep metaphysical theory
   • some recondite problem in historiography
   Similar To
   • esoteric (what does esoteric mean?)