Thursday, March 25, 2010

Abstruse



Definition: 1. Hard to understand; recondite; esoteric.
2. Obsolete; secret; hidden.

Pronunciation: ab-stroos

Origin/History: c. 1600, from L. abstrusus, pp. of abstrudere "conceal", lit. "to thrust away", from ab- "away" + trudere " thrust, push"

Used in sentence: "I find this situation most abstruse".


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