Recondite \Rec"on*dite\ (r[e^]k"[o^]n*d[imac]t or
r[-e]k[o^]n"d[i^]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.
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2. Dealing in things abstruse; profound; searching; as,
recondite studies. "Recondite learning." --Bp. Horsley.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
recondite
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" [syn: abstruse, deep]
WordNet (r) 2.0
79 Moby Thesaurus words for "recondite":
abstract, abstruse, academic, arcane, beclouded, blind, buried,
cabalistic, cabbalistic, close, clouded, concealed, covered,
covert, cryptic, dark, deep, difficult, do up, doctor, eclipsed,
enigmatic, erudite, esoteric, hard, heavy, hermetic, hid, hidden,
impenetrable, in a cloud, in a fog, in eclipse, in purdah,
in the wings, incommunicado, incomprehensible, inexplicable,
latent, learned, mysterious, mystic, mystical, obfuscated, obscure,
obscured, occult, opaque, overhaul, patch, pedantic, profound,
rebuild, reclaim, recondition, reconstruct, recover, rehabilitate,
rejuvenate, repair, restitute, revamp, runic, scholarly, secluded,
secluse, secret, sequestered, sibylline, transcendental,
undecipherable, under an eclipse, under cover, under house arrest,
under wraps, underground, unfathomable, unknown,
wrapped in clouds
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
abstruse, deep
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