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recondite
Meaning: difficult to understand or known only by people with special knowledge
recondite in a sentence
How recondite is used in real sentences:
The professor explained a recondite rule of grammar with surprising clarity.
The museum label avoided recondite terms so younger visitors could understand the exhibit.
“Critics alleged that some officers used devious election tactics, securing votes through secret favors, whereas defenders invoked recondite accounting customs intelligible mainly to specialists.”
— from the passage Beyond the Gates
“His private notebook mixed ordinary expense accounts with recondite references to obsolete land law, which initially baffled even the archivist.”
— from the passage The Sealed County Papers
“One geologist relied on recondite models of heat transfer; even experienced technicians needed hours to interpret his formulas, while the instruments told a plainer story.”
— from the passage The Thawing Refuge
Synonyms for recondite
Other words for recondite — obscure, esoteric, abstruse and arcane — carry the same meaning.
Antonyms of recondite
Words that mean the opposite of recondite:
- obvious
- accessible
- simple
- familiar
Where it comes from
From Latin reconditus 'hidden, put away' (re- + condere 'to store, conceal').
Memory hook
Recondite knowledge is hidden deep, like a record in a locked archive.