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| rec·on·dite [ rékən dt, ri kón dt ] |
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1. understood only by experts: requiring a high degree of scholarship or specialist knowledge to be understood
  the recondite lore of the ancients
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2. dealing with difficult material: dealing with material that is too difficult to be understood by those without special knowledge
recondite learning
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| [Mid-17th century. < Latin reconditus, past participle of recondere "store away" < condere "store, hide"] |
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| rec·on·dite·ly adverb |
| rec·on·dite·ness noun |
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