Abstruseness

ab·struse  (b-strs, b-)

adj.

Difficult to understand; recondite. See Synonyms at ambiguous.

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[Latin abstrsus, past participle of abstrdere, to hide : abs-, ab-, away; see ab-¹ + trdere, to push; see treud- in Indo-European roots.]

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ab·strusely adv.

ab·struseness n.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	abstruseness - the quality of being unclear or abstruse and hard to understand obscurity, reconditeness, obscureness incomprehensibility - the quality of being incomprehensible
	2.	abstruseness - wisdom that is recondite and abstruse and profound; "the anthropologist was impressed by the reconditeness of the native proverbs" abstrusity, profundity, reconditeness, profoundness wisdom - accumulated knowledge or erudition or enlightenment