recondite

rec·on·dite  (rkn-dt, r-kndt)

adj.

1. Not easily understood; abstruse. See Synonyms at ambiguous.

2. Concerned with or treating something abstruse or obscure: recondite scholarship.

3. Concealed; hidden.

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[Latin reconditus, past participle of recondere, to put away : re-, re- + condere, to put together, preserve; see dh- in Indo-European roots.]

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recon·ditely adv.

recon·diteness n.

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recondite

Adjective

Formal

1. requiring special knowledge

2. dealing with abstruse or profound subjects [Latin reconditus hidden away]

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

recondite - 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" abstruse, deep esoteric - confined to and understandable by only an enlightened inner circle; "a compilation of esoteric philosophical theories"

Translations

recondite [rɪˈkɔndaɪt] adj → recóndito

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recondite [rɪˈkɔndaɪt] adj → abstrus(e) → obscur(e)

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recondite [rɪˈkɔndaɪt] adj → obskur

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recondite [rɪˈkɔndaɪt] adj → recondito/a