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recondite

rec·on·dite [ rékən dt, ri kón dt ]


adjective 
Definition:
 
1. understood only by experts: requiring a high degree of scholarship or specialist knowledge to be understood
the recondite lore of the ancients

2. dealing with difficult material: dealing with material that is too difficult to be understood by those without special knowledge
recondite learning

[Mid-17th century. < Latin reconditus, past participle of recondere "store away" < condere "store, hide"]

rec·on·dite·ly adverb
rec·on·dite·ness noun

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