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

recondite

adjective
 
/ˈrekəndaɪt/
 
/ˈrekəndaɪt/
(formal)
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  1. not known about or understood by many people synonym obscure
    • a recondite subject
    Word Originmid 17th cent.: from Latin reconditus ‘hidden, put away’, past participle of recondere, from re- ‘back’ + condere ‘put together, secrete’.
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