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idioms
- For Wiktionary's handling of idioms, see Wiktionary:Idioms; for lists of idioms by language, see Category:Idioms by language
English
Noun
idioms
- plural of idiom
Anagrams
- iodism
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abstruse
English
Etymology
From French abstrus or its source, Latin abstr?sus (“hidden, concealed”), the perfect passive participle of abstr?d? (“conceal, to push away”), itself from ab, abs (“away”) + tr?d? (“thrust, push”). Cognate with German abstrus.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?b?st?u?s/
- (General American) IPA(key): /æb?st?us/, /?b-/
- Rhymes: -u?s
- Hyphenation: ab?struse
Adjective
abstruse (comparative abstruser or more abstruse, superlative abstrusest or most abstruse)
- Difficult to comprehend or understand. [from late 16th c.]
- Synonyms: esoteric, obscure, recondite
- (obsolete) Concealed or hidden out of the way; secret. [from late 16th c. until mid 18th c.]
Usage notes
More abstruse and most abstruse are the preferred forms over abstruser and abstrusest.
Synonyms
- (concealed): clandestine, secret, surreptitious; See also Thesaurus:covert
- (difficult to comprehend): esoteric, obscure, recondite; See also Thesaurus:incomprehensible
Derived terms
- abstrusely
- abstruseness
Translations
References
Further reading
- abstruse in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- abstruse in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- Staubers, Straubes, surbates, surbeats
French
Adjective
abstruse
- feminine singular of abstrus
Anagrams
- arbustes
German
Adjective
abstruse
- inflection of abstrus:
- strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
- strong nominative/accusative plural
- weak nominative all-gender singular
- weak accusative feminine/neuter singular
Latin
Participle
abstr?se
- vocative masculine singular of abstr?sus
References
- abstruse in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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