Meaning & use
Abstruse
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Difficult to understand; obscure, especially because of complexity or abstraction.
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The professor's lecture on quantum field theory was too abstruse for most first-year students.
He filled the report with abstruse jargon that confused the committee.
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From Latin 'abstrusus,' meaning hidden or concealed, related to 'abstrudere,' to thrust away.
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