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recondite
(redirected from reconditely)

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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.

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

recon·ditely adv.
recon·diteness n.

recondite [rɪˈkɒndaɪt ˈrɛkənˌdaɪt]
adj
1. requiring special knowledge to be understood; abstruse
2. dealing with abstruse or profound subjects
[from Latin reconditus hidden away, from re- + condere to conceal]
reconditely  adv
reconditeness  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.reconditerecondite - 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"
esoteric - confined to and understandable by only an enlightened inner circle; "a compilation of esoteric philosophical theories"

recondite
Translations
recondite [rɪˈkɒndaɪt] ADJ (frm) → recóndito
recondite [ˈrɛkəndaɪt] adjabstrus(e), obscur(e)
recondite
adjabstrus
recondite [rɪˈkɒndaɪt] adj (frm) → recondito/a
recondite [rɪˈkɒndaɪt] adj (frm) → recondito/a


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