† abstrusedadj.
Obsolete. rare.
Concealed, hidden; = abstruse adj. 2.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > [adjective] > hidden
dighela1000
dernc1000
wriena1250
privyc1300
unshewedc1386
wrapped1398
quatc1425
tectc1440
blinda1522
coucheda1522
dark1532
lurkingc1540
velated1542
hiddena1547
inclusive1554
concealed1558
secret1559
occult1567
disguised1594
occulted1598
derned1600
shrouded1600
latent1605
abstrused1608
supposed1608
unshown1614
enshielda1616
retruse1623
dissembled1631
researched1636
recondite1649
delitescent1653
larved1654
tected1657
bedilt1660
bosomed1667
inhidden1674
underground1677
abditive1727
secreted1756
unextruded1808
unprotruded1812
undisplayed1822
larvated1832
dissimulated1838
latescent1852
squat1956
1608 E. Topsell Hist. Serpents 238 This plague the hollow brest and euery vitall part Abstrused..Did open vnto death.
1644 R. Wood tr. D. Artemidorus Interpr. of Dreames i. 1 Dreames, are either Speculative and agreeable..Or Allegoricall, by one thing signifying another. Whereby our soule doth naturally advise us, that under them there is somewhat abstrus'd, secret, or hid.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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