recondite

• Qualifie quelque chose de peu connu, obscur, difficile à comprendre ou à pénétrer. Se dit notamment d'un savoir, d'un texte ou d'un sujet ésotérique ou abstrus.

Describes something that is little known, obscure, or difficult to understand.

1. Obscure or difficult to understandC2formal

   Dealing with very profound, obscure, or difficult subject matter; not easily understood.

   Obscur ou difficile à comprendre

   • The professor's lecture on quantum mechanics was too recondite for the undergraduates.
   • He enjoys reading recondite philosophical texts.
   • The article discussed a recondite aspect of medieval law.

   Synonymesabstrusearcanecomplicateddifficultesotericincomprehensibleobscurerarefiedunfathomable

   Antonymesaccessibleapparentclearcomprehensiblelucidobviousplainsimplestraightforwardunderstandable