Definition of recondite Recondite
/ɹɛˈkʌndajˌt/ - [rekundayt] - rec•on•dite
We found 8 definitions of recondite from 4 different sources.
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What does recondite mean?
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| recondite - difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge; "the professor's lectures were so abstruse that students tended to avoid them"; "a deep metaphysical theory"; "some recondite problem in historiography" | ||
| abstruse, deep | ||
| esoteric confined to and understandable by only an enlightened inner circle; "a compilation of esoteric philosophical theories" | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- recondite (a.)
Hidden from the mental or intellectual view; secret; abstruse; as, recondite causes of things. - recondite (a.)
Dealing in things abstruse; profound; searching; as, recondite studies.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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recondite
rē-kon′dit, or rek′on-dīt, adj. secret: abstruse: profound.—ns. Recondite′ness; Recon′ditory, a storehouse. [L. recondĕre, -itum, to put away—re-, again, condĕre, to put together.]
