2 definitions found From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: abstruseness noun 1: the quality of being unclear or abstruse and hard to understand [syn: {obscureness}, {obscurity}, {reconditeness}] [ant: {clarity}] 2: wisdom that is recondite and abstruse and profound; "the anthropologist was impressed by the reconditeness of the native proverbs" [syn: {reconditeness}, {abstrusity}, {profoundness}, {profundity}] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]: Abstruseness \Ab*struse"ness\, noun The quality of being abstruse; difficulty of apprehension. --Boyle.

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