abstruse
adjective | /abstruse/
difficult to understand; obscure or complex in meaning
abstruse
adjective | /abstruse/
Advanced WordsHARDdifficult to understand; obscure or complex in meaning
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"The professor’s lecture on quantum physics was too abstruse for most students."
"His abstruse reasoning left everyone confused."
Mnemonic Trick
Abstruse = Abstract + Confuse → Abstract ideas that confuse.
Etymology
From Latin abstrusus = hidden, concealed
ab- (away) + trudere (to push)
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