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abstruse
ab·struse [ ab strss ]


adjective 
Definition:
 
obscure: difficult to understand
[Late 16th century. Directly or via French< Latin abstrusus, past participle of abstrudere "thrust away" < trudere "thrust"]

ab·struse·ly adverb
ab·struse·ness noun

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See obscure.
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