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Concealed or hidden out of the way. [Obs.] The eternal eye whose sight discerns Abstrusest thoughts. Milton.

In an abstruse manner.

The quality of being abstruse; difficulty of apprehension. Boyle.

rom matter; exiting in the mind only; as, abstract truth, abstract numbers. Hence: ideal; abstruse; difficult.

Abstract; abstruse; difficult. [Obs.] Johnson.

Abstruseness; that which is abstruse. [R.] Sir T. Browne.

m his exoteric doctrines, which were adapted to outsiders or the public generally. Hence: Abstruse; profound.

urious analogies. Mocaulay. Many a quaint and curiousvolume of forgotten lore. E. A. Poe. Abstruse investigations in recondite branches of learning or sciense often bring to light curious results. C. J. Smith. Curious arts, magic. [Obs.] Many . . . which used curious arts brought their books together, and burned them.…

xample; to refer to; to cite; as, to instance a fact. H. Spenser. I shall not instance an abstruse author. Milton.

ect; consequence; weight or value; consideration. Matters of great moment. Shak. It is an abstruse speculation, but also of far less moment and consequence of us than the others. Bentley.

Not easily understood; not clear or legible; abstruse or blind; as, an obscure passage or inscription.

Suitable to common people; easy to be comprehended; not abstruse; familiar; plain. Homilies are plain popular instructions. Hooker.

Secret or abstruse part; as, the difficulties and recesses of science. I. Watts.

Hidden from the mental or intellectual view; secret; abstruse; as, recondite causes of things.

Abstruse. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.

Direct; clear; intelligible; not abstruse or enigmatical; as, a simple statement; simple language.

Freedom from subtlety or abstruseness; clearness; as, the simplicity of a doctrine; the simplicity of an explanation or a demonstration.