recondite

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˈrɛkəndaɪt/ UK /ˈrɛkəndaɪt/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adj
little known; abstruse and obscure

The lecture dwelt on recondite points of theology.

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Synonyms

1 adj · little known; abstruse and... abstruse obscure esoteric arcane cryptic profound deep

Opposites

obvious plain accessible clear simple

Word family

Derived forms reconditelyreconditeness

Related forms abscond

Etymology

From Latin reconditus ('hidden, put away'), past participle of recondere ('to store away, conceal'), from re- ('back') + condere ('to put together, hide'), from con- + -dere ('to put').

reconditus Latin condere Latin

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# recondite

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /ˈrɛkəndaɪt/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈrɛkəndaɪt/

## Meanings
1. little known; abstruse and obscure

## Examples
- The lecture dwelt on recondite points of theology.

## Synonyms
- abstruse
- obscure
- esoteric
- arcane
- cryptic
- profound
- deep

## Antonyms
- obvious
- plain
- accessible
- clear
- simple

## Derived Forms
- reconditely
- reconditeness

## Related Forms
- abscond

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: reconditus
- Root: condere

## Etymology
From Latin reconditus ('hidden, put away'), past participle of recondere ('to store away, conceal'), from re- ('back') + condere ('to put together, hide'), from con- + -dere ('to put').

## AI Etymology
Recondite comes from Latin reconditus ('hidden, put away'), past participle of recondere ('to store away, conceal'), from re- ('back') + condere ('to put together, hide'), from con- + -dere ('to put'). The historical chain includes Latin reconditus and Latin condere. The quoted older senses, "hidden, put away", "to store away, conceal", "back", "to put together, hide", and "to put", supply the semantic anchors for recondite. The formation is best read as suffixal, compound, participial, and borrowed: the word recondite carries its older form-history into a compact English lexical shape. In present English it is used as a adj, "little known; abstruse and obscure". English derivatives include reconditely and reconditeness; related English forms include abscond. The result is a adj whose etymology preserves both the older form and the later English specialization.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities

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