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reconditeness

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

The quality of being recondite.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

the quality of being unclear or abstruse and hard to understand

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: obscureness, obscurity, abstruseness

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: incomprehensibility

3

noun

Meaning 3

wisdom that is recondite and abstruse and profound

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the anthropologist was impressed by the reconditeness of the native proverbs

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: abstruseness, abstrusity, profoundness, profundity

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: wisdom

History

Etymology

From recondite + -ness.