a recondite subject
1recondite — 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… …
2recondite — 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… …
3recondite — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ (of a subject or knowledge) obscure. ORIGIN Latin reconditus hidden, put away …
4recondite — 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.… …
5recondite — [[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.… …
6recondite — rec•on•dite [[t]ˈrɛk ənˌdaɪt, rɪˈkɒn daɪt[/t]] adj. 1) pertaining to or dealing with very profound, difficult, or abstruse subject matter: a recondite treatise[/ex] 2) known or understood by relatively few; esoteric; arcane 3) obscure • Etymology …
7recondite — [ rɛk(ə)ndʌɪt, rɪ kɒn ] adjective (of a subject or knowledge) obscure. Origin C17: from L. reconditus hidden, put away , past participle of recondere, from re back + condere put together, secrete …
8recondite — 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… …
9re·con·dite — /ˈrɛkənˌdaıt/ adj formal : not understood or known by many people a recondite subject/fact …
10KABBALAH — This entry is arranged according to the following outline: introduction general notes terms used for kabbalah the historical development of the kabbalah the early beginnings of mysticism and esotericism apocalyptic esotericism and merkabah… …