English-Thai Dictionary
abstruse
ADJ ยาก ที่จะ เข้าใจ deep recondite yak-ti-cha-khao-jai
abstrusely
ADV ยาก ที่จะ เข้าใจ reconditely yak-tee-ja-kao-jai
abstruseness
N ความเข้าใจ ยาก kwam-kao-jai-yak
abstrusity
N ความ เร้นลับ kwam-ren-lub
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
ABSTRUSE
a.[L. abstrusus, from abstrudo, to thrust away, to conceal; abs and trudo; Eng. to thrust. ] Hid; concealed; hence, remote from apprehension; difficult to be comprehended or understood; opposed to what is obvious. [Not used of material objects.] Metaphysics is an abstruse science.
ABSTRUSELY
adv. In a concealed; hence, remote from apprehension; difficult to be comprehended or understood; opposed to what is obvious. [Not used of material objects.]
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
ABSTRUSE
Ab *struse ", a. Etym: [L. abstrusus, p. p. of abstrudere to thrust away, conceal; ab, abs + trudere to thrust; cf. F. abstrus. See Threat. ]
1. Concealed or hidden out of the way. [Obs. ] The eternal eye whose sight discerns Abstrusest thoughts. Milton.
2. Remote from apprehension; difficult to be comprehended or understood; recondite; as, abstruse learning. Profound and abstruse topics. Milman.
ABSTRUSELY
ABSTRUSELY Ab *struse "ly, adv.
Defn: In an abstruse manner.
ABSTRUSENESS
ABSTRUSENESS Ab *struse "ness, n.
Defn: The quality of being abstruse; difficulty of apprehension. Boyle.
ABSTRUSION
Ab *stru "sion, n. Etym: [L. abstrusio. See Abstruse. ]
Defn: The act of thrusting away. [R.] Ogilvie.
ABSTRUSITY
ABSTRUSITY Ab *stru "si *ty, n.
Defn: Abstruseness; that which is abstruse. [R.] Sir T. Browne.
New American Oxford Dictionary
abstruse
ab struse |abˈstro͞os əbˈstrus æbˈstrus | ▶adjective difficult to understand; obscure: an abstruse philosophical inquiry. DERIVATIVES ab struse ly adverb, ab struse ness noun ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from Latin abstrusus ‘put away, hidden, ’ from abstrudere ‘conceal, ’ from ab- ‘from ’ + trudere ‘to push. ’
Oxford Dictionary
abstruse
abstruse |əbˈstruːs | ▶adjective difficult to understand; obscure: an abstruse philosophical inquiry. DERIVATIVES abstrusely adverb, abstruseness noun ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from Latin abstrusus ‘put away, hidden ’, from abstrudere ‘conceal ’, from ab- ‘from ’ + trudere ‘to push ’.
American Oxford Thesaurus
abstruse
abstruse adjective her abstruse arguments were hard to follow: obscure, arcane, esoteric, little known, recherché, rarefied, recondite, difficult, hard, puzzling, perplexing, cryptic, enigmatic, Delphic, complex, complicated, involved, over /above one's head, incomprehensible, unfathomable, impenetrable, mysterious.
Oxford Thesaurus
abstruse
abstruse adjective he was unable to follow the abstruse arguments put forward: obscure, arcane, esoteric, little known, recherché, rarefied, recondite, difficult, hard, puzzling, perplexing, enigmatic, inscrutable, cryptic, Delphic, complex, complicated, involved, over /above one's head, incomprehensible, unfathomable, impenetrable, mysterious; rare involute, involuted. ANTONYMS clear, obvious.
Duden Dictionary
abstrus
ab s t rus , abs trus Adjektiv |abstr u s |lateinisch abstrusus = verborgen, adjektivisches 2. Partizip von: abstrudere = verbergen unklar, verworren eine abstruse Idee | abstruse Vorstellungen von etwas haben | die Sache ist völlig abstrus
Abstrusität
Ab s t ru si tät, Ab s tru si tät Substantiv, feminin , die |Abstrusit ä t |1 abstruse Beschaffenheit 2 abstruse Sache, abstruses Ding
French Dictionary
abstrus
abstrus , use adj. adjectif littéraire Très difficile à comprendre. : Un exposé hermétique, abstrus. « Il vient toujours un moment où l ’essentiel d ’une doctrine qui a paru abstruse est expliqué en trois mots par un homme d ’esprit » (Paul Valéry ). SYNONYME abscons ; abstrait . Note Orthographique abstru s.
Spanish Dictionary
abstruso, -sa
abstruso, -sa adjetivo Que es de difícil comprensión :razonamiento abstruso; cuestiones abstrusas; la abstrusa resolución .
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
abstruse
ab struse /æbstrúːs, əb- /形容詞 ｟かたく 非難して ｠(必要以上に )難解な (difficult ).～ly 副詞 ～ness 名詞
The Wordsmith Dictionary