abstruseness
English
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Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əbˈstɹuːs.nəs/
- (US) IPA(key): /æbˈstɹus.nəs/, /əbˈstɹus.nəs/
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Noun
[edit]abstruseness (countable and uncountable, plural abstrusenesses)
- The property of being abstruse; abstrusity. [First attested in the mid 17th century.][1]
Translations
[edit]the property of being abstruse
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References
[edit]- ^ Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abstruseness”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 10.