recondite knowledge
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recondite — recondite, abstruse, occult, esoteric can all mean being beyond the power of the average intelligence to grasp or understand. Recondite stresses difficulty resulting from the profundity of the subject matter or its remoteness from ordinary human… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
knowledge — knowledge, science, learning, erudition, scholarship, information, lore are comparable when they mean what is known or can be known, usually by an individual but sometimes by human beings in general. Knowledge applies not only to a body of facts… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
recondite — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ (of a subject or knowledge) obscure. ORIGIN Latin reconditus hidden, put away … English terms dictionary
recondite — reconditely, adv. reconditeness, n. /rek euhn duyt , ri kon duyt/, adj. 1. dealing with very profound, difficult, or abstruse subject matter: a recondite treatise. 2. beyond ordinary knowledge or understanding; esoteric: recondite principles. 3.… … Universalium
recondite — adjective Etymology: Latin reconditus, past participle of recondere to conceal, from re + condere to store up, from com + dere to put more at com , do Date: 1649 1. hidden from sight ; concealed 2. difficult or impossible for one of ordinary… … New Collegiate Dictionary
recondite — [[t]rɪkɒ̱ndaɪt, re̱kən [/t]] ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n Recondite areas of knowledge or learning are difficult to understand, and not many people know about them. [FORMAL] Her poems are modishly experimental in style and recondite in subject matter.… … English dictionary
recondite — /rəˈkɒndaɪt / (say ruh konduyt), /ˈrɛkəndaɪt / (say rekuhnduyt) adjective 1. dealing with abstruse or profound matters: a recondite treatise. 2. removed from ordinary knowledge or understanding; abstruse; profound: recondite principles. 3. little …
knowledge — noun Etymology: Middle English knowlege, from knowlechen to acknowledge, irregular from knowen Date: 14th century 1. obsolete cognizance 2. a. (1) the fact or condition of knowing something with familiarity gained through experience or… … New Collegiate Dictionary
recondite — adjective (only before noun) formal recondite information, knowledge etc is not known about or understood by many people … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
recondite — adj. 1 (of a subject or knowledge) abstruse; out of the way; little known. 2 (of an author or style) dealing in abstruse knowledge or allusions; obscure. Derivatives: reconditely adv. reconditeness n. Etymology: L reconditus (as RE , conditus… … Useful english dictionary
