recondite
dealing with profound, obscure subject matter beyond ordinary understanding
Word origin: From Latin reconditus, hidden away.
Recondite in a sentence
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His lecture on recondite points of medieval logic lost most of the audience.
The seminar quickly grew recondite, drifting into points of medieval logic that only specialists could follow.
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Although the senator's memoir was marketed as a frank reckoning with his failures, reviewers found it relentlessly blank, dwelling on grievances and recasting every setback as the fault of his adversaries.
Using “recondite” well
Recondite describes subject matter so deep or obscure that it lies beyond ordinary understanding. It typically modifies ideas, fields, or texts rather than people.
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