abstruse
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Is abstruse a Scrabble word?
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Definition
adj (English)
1. (obsolete) Concealed or hidden; secret.Examples: "O vvho is he that could carrie nevves to our olde father, that thou vvert but aliue, although thou vvert hidden in the moſt abſtruſe dungeons of Barbarie; for his riches, my brothers and mine vvould fetch thee from thence."; "[T]he abſtruſeſt Things / VVhich in the Mindes dark Temper neſtling ly, / By you expoſed are to every Eye."; "Mean while th’ Eternal eye, whoſe ſight diſcernes / Abſtruſeſt thoughts, from forth his holy Mount / And from within the golden Lamps that burne / Nightly before him, ſaw without their light / Rebellion riſing, ſaw in whom, how ſpred / Among the ſons of Morn, what multitudes / Were banded to oppoſe his high Decree; […]"Synonyms: abstrused, clandestine, surreptitious, abstruse, behind the scenes, catlike, stealth, clandestineAntonyms: open, patent, unconcealed, unhiddenformalobsolete
Definition source: Wiktionary