recondite
adjective
(of a
subject
or
knowledge
)
little
known
;
abstruse
:
⦅かたく⦆ 〖名詞の前で〗難解な, 深遠な〈知識・情報・事実など〉; 世に知られていない
e.g.
the book is full of recondite information.
DERIVATIVES
reconditely
adverb
reconditeness
noun
ORIGIN
mid
17th century
: from
Latin
reconditus
‘
hidden
,
put away
’, past participle of
recondere
, from
re-
‘
back
’ +
condere
‘
put together
,
secrete
’.