HyperDic: recondite

English > 1 sense of the word recondite:
ADJECTIVEallrecondite, abstruse, deepdifficult to penetrate
recondite > pronunciation
Soundsreh'kahnday.t
Rhymesacolyte ... write: 181 rhymes with ayt...
English > recondite: 1 sense > adjective 1
MeaningDifficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge.
Example "some recondite problem in historiography"
Synonymsabstruse, deep
BroaderesotericConfined to and understandable by only an enlightened inner circle
Spanishabstruso, obscuro, recóndito
Nounsreconditenessthe quality of being unclear or abstruse and hard to understand

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