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

 

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.

 

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.

 

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