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abstrus

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French

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin abstrūsus, perfect passive participle of abstrūdō.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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abstrus (feminine abstruse, masculine plural abstrus, feminine plural abstruses)

  1. (literary, derogatory) abstruse
    Synonym: abscons

Further reading

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German

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin abstrūsus. The alternative meaning of "absurd" is likely a result of contamination from absurd itself, both often being used in similar contexts.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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abstrus (strong nominative masculine singular abstruser, comparative abstruser, superlative am abstrusesten)

  1. (rare) difficult to follow or comprehend, abstruse
  2. (colloquial) absurd, nonsensical, very implausible (especially of claims, ideas)
    Synonyms: absurd, unsinnig, widersinnig, abwegig
    • 2012 December 11, Haluka Maier-Borst, “Erdlinge könnten länger existieren als gedacht”, in Zeit ONLINE[1], archived from the original on 5 March 2025:
      Die abstruse Vision von einem Umzug zum nächsten bewohnbaren Planeten bleibt für die Menschheit deshalb weiterhin kein leichtes Unterfangen.
      So the far-fetched vision of moving to the next inhabitable planet will remain quite a challenging endeavor for humanity.

Declension

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Adverb

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abstrus

  1. abstrusely

Further reading

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  • abstrus” in Duden online
  • abstrus”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache[2] (in German)

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French abstrus.

Adjective

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abstrus m or n (feminine singular abstrusă, masculine plural abstruși, feminine/neuter plural abstruse)

  1. abstruse

Declension

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Declension of abstrus
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative-
accusative
indefinite abstrus abstrusă abstruși abstruse
definite abstrusul abstrusa abstrușii abstrusele
genitive-
dative
indefinite abstrus abstruse abstruși abstruse
definite abstrusului abstrusei abstrușilor abstruselor

Swedish

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Etymology

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From Latin abstrusus.

Adjective

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abstrus (comparative abstrusare, superlative abstrusast)

  1. abstruse, difficult to understand
  2. nebulous, obscure, mysterious

Inflection

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Inflection of abstrus
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular abstrus abstrusare abstrusast
neuter singular abstrust abstrusare abstrusast
plural abstrusa abstrusare abstrusast
masculine plural2 abstruse abstrusare abstrusast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 abstruse abstrusare abstrusaste
all abstrusa abstrusare abstrusaste

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

References

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  • abstrus”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)

Anagrams

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