Associations to the word «Abstruse»
Noun
Adjective
Wiktionary
ABSTRUSE, adjective. (obsolete) Concealed or hidden out of the way; secret. [Attested from the late 16th century until the mid 18th century.]
ABSTRUSE, adjective. Difficult to comprehend or understand; recondite; obscure; esoteric. [First attested in the late 16th century.]
Dictionary definition
ABSTRUSE, adjective. 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".
Wise words
It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more
value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an
idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words,
but a great deal in a few.