abstruse : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: abstruse	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for abstruse
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
abstruse 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" Synonym(s): abstruse, deep, recondite
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Abstruse \Abstruse"\, a. [L. abstrusus, p. p. of abstrudere to thrust away, conceal; ab, abs + trudere to thrust; cf. F. abstrus. See {Threat}.] 1. Concealed or hidden out of the way. [Obs.] The eternal eye whose sight discerns Abstrusest thoughts. --Milton. 2. Remote from apprehension; difficult to be comprehended or understood; recondite; as, abstruse* learning. Profound and abstruse topics. --Milman.