Meaning

7 senses
  1. Difficult, obscure.

    Difficult to grasp or understand; abstruse, profound.

    a recondite tractate on alchemy

    замыслова́тыйzamyslovátyj, мудрёныйmudrjónyj

  2. Little known; esoteric, secret.

  3. Having mastery over one's field, including its esoteric minutiae; learned.

  4. Deliberately employing abstruse or esoteric allusions or references; intentionally obscure.

  5. (archaic)Hidden or removed from view.

  6. Hidden or removed from view.

    (archaic, obsolete, rare)Difficult to see, especially because it is hidden by another structure.

  7. (archaic, rare)Avoiding notice (particularly human notice); having a tendency to hide; shy.

More definitions
  • difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge

Examples

2 sentences
  1. The theories of relativity can seem recondite even for people who are well versed in the sciences.

    Теорії відносності можуть здаватися важкими для розуміння навіть для добре обізнаних з наукою людей.

    ruТеории относительности могут оказаться недоступными пониманию даже для людей сведущих в науке.

    deDie Relativitätstheorie ist sogar für Menschen, die sich gut in den Wissenschaften auskennen, schwer verständlich.

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  2. The Time Traveller (for so it will be convenient to speak of him) was expounding a recondite matter to us.

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Translations

4 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
difficult to grasp or understand — see also abstruse, profound:

Forms

more recondite, most recondite
Comparativemore recondite Lesson
Superlativemost recondite Lesson

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge:abstrusedeep

Word family

4 related words

See also

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