recondite as an adjective: - 1
recondite
adjective
1 recondite
Difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge:
— Some recondite problem in historiography.
synonyms: abstruse, deep.
Roget 519:
unintelligible,
unaccountable,
undecipherable,
undiscoverable,
unknowable,
unfathomable;
incognizable†,
inexplicable,
inscrutable;
inapprehensible†,
incomprehensible;
insolvable†,
insoluble;
impenetrable.
illegible,
as Greek to one,
unexplained,
paradoxical;
enigmatic,
enigmatical,
puzzling
(secret)
533;
indecipherable.
obscure,
dark,
muddy,
clear as mud,
seen through a mist,
dim,
nebulous,
shrouded in mystery;
opaque,
dense;
undiscernible
etc.
(invisible)
447†;
misty
etc.
(opaque)
426;
hidden
etc.
528;
latent
etc.
526.
indefinite,
garbled
etc.
(indistinct)
447;
perplexed
etc.
(confused)
59;
undetermined,
vague,
loose,
ambiguous;
mysterious;
mystic,
mystical;
acroamatic†,
acroamatical†;
metempirical;
transcendental;
occult,
recondite,
abstruse,
crabbed.
inconceivable,
inconceptible†;
searchless†;
above comprehension,
beyond comprehension,
past comprehension;
beyond one's depth;
unconceived.
inexpressible,
undefinable,
incommunicable.
unpredictable,
unforeseeable.
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Roget 528:
concealed
etc.
v.;
hidden;
secret,
recondite,
mystic,
cabalistic,
occult,
dark;
cryptic,
cryptical†;
private,
privy,
in petto,
auricular,
clandestine,
close,
inviolate;
tortuous.
behind a screen
etc.
530;
undercover,
under an eclipse;
in ambush,
in hiding,
in disguise;
in a cloud,
in a fog,
in a mist,
in a haze,
in a dark corner;
in the shade,
in the dark;
clouded,
wrapped in clouds,
wrapt in clouds†;
invisible
etc.
447;
buried,
underground,
perdu [Fr.];
secluded
etc.
893.
undisclosed
etc.
529,
untold
etc.
527;
covert
etc.
(latent)
526;
untraceable;
mysterious
etc.
(unintelligible)
519.
irrevealable†,
inviolable;
confidential;
esoteric;
not to be spoken of;
unmentionable.
obreptitious†,
furtive,
stealthy,
feline;
skulking
etc.
v.;
surreptitious,
underhand,
hole and corner;
sly
etc.
(cunning)
702;
secretive,
evasive;
reserved,
reticent,
uncommunicative,
buttoned up;
close,
close as wax;
taciturn
etc.
585.
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