"abstruse" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /əbˈstɹuːs/ [Received-Pronunciation], /əbˈstɹus/ [General-American], /æb-/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-abstruse.wav [Southern-England] Forms: abstruser [comparative], more abstruse [comparative], abstrusest [superlative], most abstruse [superlative]
Rhymes: -uːs Etymology: PIE word *h₂epó Learned borrowing from Latin abstrūsus (“concealed, hidden; having been concealed”), an adjective use of the perfect passive participle of abstrūdō (“to conceal, hide; to push or thrust away”), from abs- (from ab- (prefix meaning ‘away; from; away from’)) + trūdō (“to push, shove; to thrust”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *trewd- (“to push; to thrust”)). cognates * Catalan abstrús * German abstrus (“abstruse”) * Italian astruso (“abstruse”) * Middle French abstruse (modern French abstrus, abstruse (“(derogatory, literary) abstruse”) * Portuguese abstruso (“abstruse”) * Spanish abstruso (“abstruse”) Etymology templates: {{l|ine-pro|*h₂epó}} *h₂epó, {{PIE word|en|h₂epó}} PIE word *h₂epó, {{root|en|ine-pro|*trewd-}}, {{lbor|en|la|abstrūsus|t=concealed, hidden; having been concealed}} Learned borrowing from Latin abstrūsus (“concealed, hidden; having been concealed”), {{glossary|adjective}} adjective, {{glossary|perfect}} perfect, {{glossary|passive}} passive, {{glossary|participle}} participle, {{m|la|abstrūdō|t=to conceal, hide; to push or thrust away}} abstrūdō (“to conceal, hide; to push or thrust away”), {{m|la|abs-}} abs-, {{glossary|prefix}} prefix, {{m|la|ab-|pos=prefix meaning ‘away; from; away from’}} ab- (prefix meaning ‘away; from; away from’), {{m|la|trūdō|t=to push, shove; to thrust}} trūdō (“to push, shove; to thrust”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*trewd-|t=to push; to thrust}} Proto-Indo-European *trewd- (“to push; to thrust”), {{cog|ca|abstrús}} Catalan abstrús, {{cog|de|abstrus|t=abstruse}} German abstrus (“abstruse”), {{cog|it|astruso|t=abstruse}} Italian astruso (“abstruse”), {{cog|frm|abstruse}} Middle French abstruse, {{cog|fr|abstrus}} French abstrus, {{m|fr|abstruse|t=(derogatory, literary) abstruse}} abstruse (“(derogatory, literary) abstruse”), {{cog|pt|abstruso|t=abstruse}} Portuguese abstruso (“abstruse”), {{cog|es|abstruso|t=abstruse}} Spanish abstruso (“abstruse”) Head templates: {{en-adj|er|more}} abstruse (comparative abstruser or more abstruse, superlative abstrusest or most abstruse)
  1. Difficult to comprehend or understand; obscure. Tags: formal Synonyms: abstrusive, arcane, cryptic, esoteric, recondite, incomprehensible Translations (difficult to comprehend or understand — see also obscure): thellë (Albanian), ποικῐ́λος (poikílos) (Ancient Greek), неясен (nejasen) (Bulgarian), труден за разбиране (truden za razbirane) (Bulgarian), abstrús (Catalan), (bì, mì) (Chinese Mandarin), 晦澀 (Chinese Mandarin), 晦涩 (huìsè) (note: of music) [usually] [writing, journalism, literature, communications, publishing, media] (Chinese Mandarin), 艱澀 (Chinese Mandarin), 艰涩 (jiānsè) (Chinese Mandarin), 艱深 (Chinese Mandarin), 艰深 (jiānshēn) (Chinese Mandarin), 難解 (Chinese Mandarin), 难解 (nánjiě) (Chinese Mandarin), 深奧 (Chinese Mandarin), 深奥 (shēn'ào) (Chinese Mandarin), 深長 (Chinese Mandarin), 深长 (shēncháng) (Chinese Mandarin), 深邃 (shēnsuì) (Chinese Mandarin), 玄祕 (Chinese Mandarin), 玄秘 (xuánmì) (Chinese Mandarin), 玄妙 (xuánmiào) (Chinese Mandarin), onbevattelijk (Dutch), ondoorgrondelijk (Dutch), vaikeaselkoinen (Finnish), vaikeatajuinen (Finnish), abstrus (French), abscons (French), abstrus (German), unfassbar (German), ασαφής (asafís) [masculine] (Greek), δυσνόητος (dysnóitos) [masculine] (Greek), बारीक (bārīk) (Hindi), elvont (Hungarian), homályos (Hungarian), obskúrus (Hungarian), torskilinn (Icelandic), astruso (Italian), ermetico (Italian), 晦渋 (kaijū) (alt: かいじゅう) (Japanese), 難解 (nankai) (alt: なんかい) (Japanese), ғаламат (ğalamat) (Kazakh), 심오(深奧)한 (simohan) (Korean), neuvaghtal (Manx), ākahukahu (Maori), mysty [figuratively] (Middle English), abstrús (Occitan), mętny (Polish), abstruso [masculine] (Portuguese), confuz (Romanian), мудрёный (mudrjónyj) [masculine] (Russian), abstruso (Spanish), abstrus (Swedish), dunkel (Swedish), svårfattlig (Swedish), baliwag (Tagalog), గూఢము (gūḍhamu) (Telugu), huyền diệu (Vietnamese), astrus (Welsh), cymhleth (Welsh), dyrys (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-abstruse-en-adj-ubpoYTM8 Disambiguation of 'difficult to comprehend or understand — see also obscure': 86 14
  2. (obsolete) Concealed or hidden; secret. Tags: formal, obsolete Synonyms: abstrused [obsolete], clandestine, surreptitious, covert, hidden
    Sense id: en-abstruse-en-adj-VRz6edoM Categories (other): Early Modern English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of Early Modern English: 11 89 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 87 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 13 87
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: abstrusely, abstruseness, abstrusity, non-abstruse Related terms: abstrude [obsolete], abstrused [adjective, obsolete], abstrusion [archaic], abstrusive, abstrusively, retruse [obsolete]

Adjective [French]

Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Lyokoï-abstruse.wav
Head templates: {{head|fr|adjective form}} abstruse
  1. feminine singular of abstrus Tags: feminine, form-of, singular Form of: abstrus
    Sense id: en-abstruse-fr-adj-7s3qUc0M Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header

Adjective [German]

Audio: De-abstruse.ogg
Head templates: {{head|de|adjective form}} abstruse
  1. inflection of abstrus: Tags: accusative, feminine, form-of, mixed, nominative, singular, strong Form of: abstrus
    Sense id: en-abstruse-de-adj-UPfDEJoh
  2. inflection of abstrus: Tags: accusative, form-of, nominative, plural, strong Form of: abstrus
    Sense id: en-abstruse-de-adj-EYEc7YN~
  3. inflection of abstrus: Tags: form-of, nominative, singular, weak Form of: abstrus
    Sense id: en-abstruse-de-adj-Ngd2owJB Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 21 21 37 21
  4. inflection of abstrus: Tags: accusative, feminine, form-of, neuter, singular, weak Form of: abstrus
    Sense id: en-abstruse-de-adj-PUsYw~w2

Verb [Latin]

Forms: abstrūse [canonical]
Head templates: {{head|la|participle form|head=abstrūse}} abstrūse
  1. vocative masculine singular of abstrūsus Tags: form-of, masculine, participle, singular, vocative Form of: abstrūsus
    Sense id: en-abstruse-la-verb-TQ4CuPBv Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        },
        {
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        {
          "ref": "[1548], Joanne Hopper [i.e., John Hooper], “Curiositie”, in A Declaration of the Ten Holy Cõmaundementes of Allmygthye God […], [Zurich]: [Christoph Froschauer], →OCLC, page CCXVIII",
          "text": "Some time the good makithe an ile end⸝ ãd the ile a godd. In this opiniõ⸝ and in ſcrutable miſterie be werithe all his wittes⸝ and at the end of his cogitacions⸝ fyndithe more abſtruſe⸝ and doutfull obiections thẽ at the beginning⸝ […]\nSometimes the good maketh an ill end, and the ill a good. In this opinion, and inscrutable mystery be weary all his wits, and at the end of his cogitations, findeth more abstruse, and doubtfull objections than at the beginning, […]",
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        {
          "word": "arcane"
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        {
          "word": "esoteric"
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        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "sq",
          "lang": "Albanian",
          "sense": "difficult to comprehend or understand — see also obscure",
          "word": "thellë"
        },
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          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "nejasen",
          "sense": "difficult to comprehend or understand — see also obscure",
          "word": "неясен"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "truden za razbirane",
          "sense": "difficult to comprehend or understand — see also obscure",
          "word": "труден за разбиране"
        },
        {
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          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "difficult to comprehend or understand — see also obscure",
          "word": "abstrús"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "bì, mì",
          "sense": "difficult to comprehend or understand — see also obscure",
          "word": "秘"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "difficult to comprehend or understand — see also obscure",
          "word": "晦澀"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "note": "of music",
          "roman": "huìsè",
          "sense": "difficult to comprehend or understand — see also obscure",
          "tags": [
            "usually"
          ],
          "topics": [
            "writing",
            "journalism",
            "literature",
            "communications",
            "publishing",
            "media"
          ],
          "word": "晦涩"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "difficult to comprehend or understand — see also obscure",
          "word": "艱澀"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "jiānsè",
          "sense": "difficult to comprehend or understand — see also obscure",
          "word": "艰涩"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "difficult to comprehend or understand — see also obscure",
          "word": "艱深"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "jiānshēn",
          "sense": "difficult to comprehend or understand — see also obscure",
          "word": "艰深"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "difficult to comprehend or understand — see also obscure",
          "word": "難解"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "nánjiě",
          "sense": "difficult to comprehend or understand — see also obscure",
          "word": "难解"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "difficult to comprehend or understand — see also obscure",
          "word": "深奧"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "shēn'ào",
          "sense": "difficult to comprehend or understand — see also obscure",
          "word": "深奥"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "difficult to comprehend or understand — see also obscure",
          "word": "深長"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "shēncháng",
          "sense": "difficult to comprehend or understand — see also obscure",
          "word": "深长"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "shēnsuì",
          "sense": "difficult to comprehend or understand — see also obscure",
          "word": "深邃"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "difficult to comprehend or understand — see also obscure",
          "word": "玄祕"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "xuánmì",
          "sense": "difficult to comprehend or understand — see also obscure",
          "word": "玄秘"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "xuánmiào",
          "sense": "difficult to comprehend or understand — see also obscure",
          "word": "玄妙"
        },
        {
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          "sense": "difficult to comprehend or understand — see also obscure",
          "word": "onbevattelijk"
        },
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          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "nl",
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          "sense": "difficult to comprehend or understand — see also obscure",
          "word": "ondoorgrondelijk"
        },
        {
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          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "difficult to comprehend or understand — see also obscure",
          "word": "vaikeaselkoinen"
        },
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          "_dis1": "86 14",
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          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "difficult to comprehend or understand — see also obscure",
          "word": "vaikeatajuinen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "difficult to comprehend or understand — see also obscure",
          "word": "abstrus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "difficult to comprehend or understand — see also obscure",
          "word": "abscons"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "difficult to comprehend or understand — see also obscure",
          "word": "abstrus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "difficult to comprehend or understand — see also obscure",
          "word": "unfassbar"
        },
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          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "asafís",
          "sense": "difficult to comprehend or understand — see also obscure",
          "tags": [
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        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
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      "expansion": "abstruse (comparative abstruser or more abstruse, superlative abstrusest or most abstruse)",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "abstrusive"
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      "word": "abstrusively"
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      "tags": [
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          "word": "clear"
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          "word": "obvious"
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          "word": "understandable"
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          "word": "comprehensible"
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        {
          "ref": "[1548], Joanne Hopper [i.e., John Hooper], “Curiositie”, in A Declaration of the Ten Holy Cõmaundementes of Allmygthye God […], [Zurich]: [Christoph Froschauer], →OCLC, page CCXVIII",
          "text": "Some time the good makithe an ile end⸝ ãd the ile a godd. In this opiniõ⸝ and in ſcrutable miſterie be werithe all his wittes⸝ and at the end of his cogitacions⸝ fyndithe more abſtruſe⸝ and doutfull obiections thẽ at the beginning⸝ […]\nSometimes the good maketh an ill end, and the ill a good. In this opinion, and inscrutable mystery be weary all his wits, and at the end of his cogitations, findeth more abstruse, and doubtfull objections than at the beginning, […]",
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          "ref": "1854, Henry Hart Milman, “Pelagianism”, in History of Latin Christianity; […], volume I, London: John Murray, […], →OCLC, book II, page 127",
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          "word": "abstrusive"
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          "word": "arcane"
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          "word": "cryptic"
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          "word": "esoteric"
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          "word": "recondite"
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        {
          "word": "incomprehensible"
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          "word": "open"
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          "word": "patent"
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          "word": "unconcealed"
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        {
          "word": "unhidden"
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          "word": "hidden"
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      "code": "sq",
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      "sense": "difficult to comprehend or understand — see also obscure",
      "word": "thellë"
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      "code": "bg",
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      "roman": "nejasen",
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      "word": "неясен"
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      "code": "bg",
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      "roman": "truden za razbirane",
      "sense": "difficult to comprehend or understand — see also obscure",
      "word": "труден за разбиране"
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
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      "word": "abstrús"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "sense": "difficult to comprehend or understand — see also obscure",
      "word": "秘"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "sense": "difficult to comprehend or understand — see also obscure",
      "word": "晦澀"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
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      "roman": "huìsè",
      "sense": "difficult to comprehend or understand — see also obscure",
      "tags": [
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        "literature",
        "communications",
        "publishing",
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      "word": "晦涩"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "difficult to comprehend or understand — see also obscure",
      "word": "艱澀"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jiānsè",
      "sense": "difficult to comprehend or understand — see also obscure",
      "word": "艰涩"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "difficult to comprehend or understand — see also obscure",
      "word": "艱深"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jiānshēn",
      "sense": "difficult to comprehend or understand — see also obscure",
      "word": "艰深"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "difficult to comprehend or understand — see also obscure",
      "word": "難解"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "nánjiě",
      "sense": "difficult to comprehend or understand — see also obscure",
      "word": "难解"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "difficult to comprehend or understand — see also obscure",
      "word": "深奧"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shēn'ào",
      "sense": "difficult to comprehend or understand — see also obscure",
      "word": "深奥"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "difficult to comprehend or understand — see also obscure",
      "word": "深長"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shēncháng",
      "sense": "difficult to comprehend or understand — see also obscure",
      "word": "深长"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shēnsuì",
      "sense": "difficult to comprehend or understand — see also obscure",
      "word": "深邃"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "difficult to comprehend or understand — see also obscure",
      "word": "玄祕"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xuánmì",
      "sense": "difficult to comprehend or understand — see also obscure",
      "word": "玄秘"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xuánmiào",
      "sense": "difficult to comprehend or understand — see also obscure",
      "word": "玄妙"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "difficult to comprehend or understand — see also obscure",
      "word": "onbevattelijk"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "difficult to comprehend or understand — see also obscure",
      "word": "ondoorgrondelijk"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "word": "vaikeaselkoinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "difficult to comprehend or understand — see also obscure",
      "word": "vaikeatajuinen"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "difficult to comprehend or understand — see also obscure",
      "word": "abstrus"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "difficult to comprehend or understand — see also obscure",
      "word": "abscons"
    },
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "difficult to comprehend or understand — see also obscure",
      "word": "abstrus"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "difficult to comprehend or understand — see also obscure",
      "word": "unfassbar"
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    {
      "code": "el",
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      "sense": "difficult to comprehend or understand — see also obscure",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "ασαφής"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
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      "roman": "dysnóitos",
      "sense": "difficult to comprehend or understand — see also obscure",
      "tags": [
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      ],
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      "code": "grc",
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      "roman": "poikílos",
      "sense": "difficult to comprehend or understand — see also obscure",
      "word": "ποικῐ́λος"
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      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "bārīk",
      "sense": "difficult to comprehend or understand — see also obscure",
      "word": "बारीक"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "difficult to comprehend or understand — see also obscure",
      "word": "elvont"
    },
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "difficult to comprehend or understand — see also obscure",
      "word": "homályos"
    },
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "difficult to comprehend or understand — see also obscure",
      "word": "obskúrus"
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    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "difficult to comprehend or understand — see also obscure",
      "word": "torskilinn"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "difficult to comprehend or understand — see also obscure",
      "word": "astruso"
    },
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "difficult to comprehend or understand — see also obscure",
      "word": "ermetico"
    },
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      "alt": "かいじゅう",
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      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kaijū",
      "sense": "difficult to comprehend or understand — see also obscure",
      "word": "晦渋"
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      "alt": "なんかい",
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      "sense": "difficult to comprehend or understand — see also obscure",
      "word": "難解"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "ğalamat",
      "sense": "difficult to comprehend or understand — see also obscure",
      "word": "ғаламат"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "simohan",
      "sense": "difficult to comprehend or understand — see also obscure",
      "word": "심오(深奧)한"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "difficult to comprehend or understand — see also obscure",
      "word": "neuvaghtal"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "difficult to comprehend or understand — see also obscure",
      "word": "ākahukahu"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "difficult to comprehend or understand — see also obscure",
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ],
      "word": "mysty"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "difficult to comprehend or understand — see also obscure",
      "word": "abstrús"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "difficult to comprehend or understand — see also obscure",
      "word": "mętny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "difficult to comprehend or understand — see also obscure",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "abstruso"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "difficult to comprehend or understand — see also obscure",
      "word": "confuz"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "mudrjónyj",
      "sense": "difficult to comprehend or understand — see also obscure",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "мудрёный"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "difficult to comprehend or understand — see also obscure",
      "word": "abstruso"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "difficult to comprehend or understand — see also obscure",
      "word": "abstrus"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "difficult to comprehend or understand — see also obscure",
      "word": "dunkel"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "difficult to comprehend or understand — see also obscure",
      "word": "svårfattlig"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "difficult to comprehend or understand — see also obscure",
      "word": "baliwag"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "gūḍhamu",
      "sense": "difficult to comprehend or understand — see also obscure",
      "word": "గూఢము"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "difficult to comprehend or understand — see also obscure",
      "word": "huyền diệu"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "difficult to comprehend or understand — see also obscure",
      "word": "astrus"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "difficult to comprehend or understand — see also obscure",
      "word": "cymhleth"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "difficult to comprehend or understand — see also obscure",
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}

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