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Definition of abstruse adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

abstruse

adjective
 
/əbˈstruːs/
 
/əbˈstruːs/
(formal, often disapproving)
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  1. difficult to understand
    • an abstruse argument
    Word Originlate 16th cent.: from Latin abstrusus ‘put away, hidden’, from abstrudere ‘conceal’, from ab- ‘from’ + trudere ‘to push’.
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