abstruse
/əbstˈɹuːs/uhb-STROOS
/əbstˈɹus/uhb-STROOS
Meaningthrust away; hidden
Common meaning: hard to understand
- absaway, off (form of ab-)
- trusto thrust, pushLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1905 · scan
‘away, off (form of ab-)’ + ‘to thrust, push’ → abstruse
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
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Origin: Built on Latin trūdō ‘to thrust, push’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry trūdō, p. 1905 · dictionary scan
Roots
- trūdō, trūsī, trūsum Latin “to thrust, push”
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