abstruseness

Noun
Synonyms: obscurenessobscurityreconditenessabstrusityprofoundnessprofundity

Open English WordNet

Noun (2)

  1. the quality of being unclear or abstruse and hard to understandSynonyms: obscurenessobscurityreconditenessOpposite clarityType of incomprehensibility
  2. wisdom that is recondite and abstruse and profound“the anthropologist was impressed by the reconditeness of the native proverbs”Synonyms: reconditenessabstrusityprofoundnessprofundityType of wisdom

Related words obscure adjective, abstruse adjective

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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Ab·struse′ness noun

The quality of being abstruse; difficulty of apprehension. Robert Boyle

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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