ABSTRUSE
\ɐbstɹˈuːs], \ɐbstɹˈuːs], \ɐ_b_s_t_ɹ_ˈuː_s]\
Definitions of ABSTRUSE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge; "the professor's lectures were so abstruse that students tended to avoid them"; "a deep metaphysical theory"; "some recondite problem in historiography"
By Princeton University
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difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge; "the professor's lectures were so abstruse that students tended to avoid them"; "a deep metaphysical theory"; "some recondite problem in historiography"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Remote from apprehension; difficult to be comprehended or understood; recondite; as, abstruse learning.
By Oddity Software
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Remote from apprehension; difficult to be comprehended or understood; recondite; as, abstruse learning.
By Noah Webster.
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
By Thomas Sheridan
Nearby Words
- abstracts [publication type]
- abstractum
- abstriction
- abstringe
- abstrude
- abstruse
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- a 1. the act of combining air with another substance, or the state of being filled with air.
- a 1. to infuse air into; to combine air with.
- a a club or association of persons interested in a