Gadit

abstruse

Definitions
1adjectivedifficult to understand because it is very complex or expressed in a complicated way
The article became so abstruse that I had to read each paragraph twice.
Some parts of advanced physics can seem abstruse to beginners.
He enjoys asking abstruse questions that make everyone stop and think.
Word Origin
Language
Latin
Original word
abstrūsus
Word parts
ab- (away) + trūdĕre (to push)
Originally meant
pushed away, hidden, hard to reach
Background
In Latin, this word first meant something tucked away or concealed. In English, it shifted from the idea of being hard to reach physically to being hard to reach with the mind.
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