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abstruse /əbˈstruːs/
▶adjective difficult to understand.
– derivatives
abstrusely adverb,
abstruseness noun.
abstrusely adverb,
abstruseness noun.
– origin C16: from L. abstrus-, abstrudere ‘conceal’, from ab- ‘from’ + trudere ‘to push’.
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