Abstruse
[əb-STROOS]
Part of speech: adjective
Origin: Latin, mid-16th century
1.
Difficult to understand; obscure.
Examples of Abstruse in a sentence
"The single was critically acclaimed despite its abstruse lyrics."
"The movie’s ending was far too abstruse to be popular with the general public."
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