recondite

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Adjective 2 Italian 2.1 Adjective

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From Latin reconditus, from re- (again) + conditus, perfect passive participle of condere (to build, establish).

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /rəˈkɒndaɪt/, /ˈrɛkəndaɪt/
• IPA: /rəˈkɑːndaɪt/, /ˈrɛkəndaɪt/

[edit] Adjective

recondite (comparative more recondite, superlative most recondite)

1. Hidden from the mental or intellectual view; secret; abstruse.

   What was the recondite cause of Ryulong being uncalled for?

2. Dealing in things abstruse; profound; searching.

   My philosophy professor believes she is in the field of recondite studies.

3. Difficult to understand; known only by experts.
   • Coster-Mullen spent the next ten years of his life mastering a body of recondite technical data. — Atomic John: A truck driver uncovers secrets about the first nuclear bombs, David Samuels December, The New Yorker, 15, 2008 [1]
4. Of a person: highly talented, a master of a field.
   • Our musician [J.S. Bach] rapidly became known far and wide throughout the musical centres of Germany as a learned and recondite composer… – The Great German Composers, George T. Ferris, 1891

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[edit] Italian

[edit] Adjective

recondite f.

1. Feminine plural form of recondito