Meaning of RECONDITE
| Pronunciation: | | 'rekun`dIt
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[adj] 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" |
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RECONDITE is a 9 letter word that starts with R. |
| | Synonyms: | | abstruse, deep, esoteric |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Rec"on*dite\ (r?k"?n*d?t or r?*k?n"d?t; 277), a. [L.
reconditus, p. p. of recondere to put up again, to lay up, to
conceal; pref. re- re- + condere to bring or lay together.
See {Abscond}.]
1. Hidden from the mental or intellectual view; secret;
abstruse; as, recondite causes of things.
2. Dealing in things abstruse; profound; searching; as,
recondite studies. ``Recondite learning.'' --Bp. Horsley.
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