Recondite

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Recondite \Rec"on*dite\ (r[e^]k"[o^]n*d[imac]t or
     r[-e]k[o^]n"d[i^]t; 277), a. [L. reconditus, p. p. of
     recondere to put up again, to lay up, to conceal; pref. re-
     re- + condere to bring or lay together. See {Abscond}.]
     1. Hidden from the mental or intellectual view; secret;
        abstruse; as, recondite causes of things.


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     2. Dealing in things abstruse; profound; searching; as,
        recondite studies. "Recondite learning." --Bp. Horsley.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  recondite
       adj : 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" [syn: {abstruse}, {deep}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  79 Moby Thesaurus words for "recondite":
     abstract, abstruse, academic, arcane, beclouded, blind, buried,
     cabalistic, cabbalistic, close, clouded, concealed, covered,
     covert, cryptic, dark, deep, difficult, do up, doctor, eclipsed,
     enigmatic, erudite, esoteric, hard, heavy, hermetic, hid, hidden,
     impenetrable, in a cloud, in a fog, in eclipse, in purdah,
     in the wings, incommunicado, incomprehensible, inexplicable,
     latent, learned, mysterious, mystic, mystical, obfuscated, obscure,
     obscured, occult, opaque, overhaul, patch, pedantic, profound,
     rebuild, reclaim, recondition, reconstruct, recover, rehabilitate,
     rejuvenate, repair, restitute, revamp, runic, scholarly, secluded,
     secluse, secret, sequestered, sibylline, transcendental,
     undecipherable, under an eclipse, under cover, under house arrest,
     under wraps, underground, unfathomable, unknown,
     wrapped in clouds